isbell@pyr.gatech.EDU ( Charles L. Isbell) (04/24/89)
Sorry that I dont have anything controversial to discuss, but I do have a
question:
I understand that NeXT is selling machines at prices like these:
Base ~6500
Base+laser ~8500
Base+laser+330HDisk ~10500
where Base is the Cube with 8 Meg...
But I had heard that NeXT was going to also make a "subBase" available
that would have 4 Meg instead of 8 Meg (and would be ~4500-5000) instead.
Is this true? If so, I could "afford" a subBase at ~8500-9000.
If not, well...
Charles
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ARPA: isbell@pyr.gatech.edudorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) (04/24/89)
In article <8004@pyr.gatech.EDU> isbell@pyr.gatech.EDU ( Charles L. Isbell) writes: >But I had heard that NeXT was going to also make a "subBase" available >that would have 4 Meg instead of 8 Meg (and would be ~4500-5000) instead. >Is this true? I really doubt it. The system is (believe it or not) quite short of memory even at 8M. A 4M system would be a nightmare. -- Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office Internet: dorner@garcon.cso.uiuc.edu UUCP: {convex,uunet}!uiucuxc!dorner IfUMust: (217) 244-1765
bmug@garnet.berkeley.edu (BMUG) (04/25/89)
In article <8004@pyr.gatech.EDU> isbell@pyr.gatech.EDU ( Charles L. Isbell) writes: (price list deleted) > >But I had heard that NeXT was going to also make a "subBase" available >that would have 4 Meg instead of 8 Meg (and would be ~4500-5000) instead. >Is this true? If so, I could "afford" a subBase at ~8500-9000. >If not, well... > When folks at NeXT were discussing what kind of machine to release and for how much, I believe the initial configuration was going to be a 4 meg model. However, when it was discovered that the OS would have run only in a limited way in 4 megs, the standard 8 meg configuration was settled on (NeXT wanted to have all users possess a fully-capable box; this decision was not unlike the one that mandated that all machines should have a DSP chip). I agree that given the recent dramatic drop in memory prices (you can get 4 megs for about $700), the $1500 difference in what a 4 megger would have cost and the current model would make the former a good buy. Sooner or later, given the realities of the marketplace, it's certainly conceivable that you'll see prices drop somewhat on the NeXT workstation (as well as others). John Heckendorn p.s. For those in the Bay Area who are interested, BMUG will have its first meeting of the NeXT SIG on May 9th at the BMUG offices in beautiful downtown Berkeley (2150 Kittredge Steet). Call (415) 549-2684 for more information. /\ BMUG ARPA: bmug@garnet.berkeley.EDU A__A 1442A Walnut St., #62 BITNET: bmug@ucbgarnet |()| Berkeley, CA 94709 | | (415) 549-2684 | |
smithw@hamblin.math.byu.edu (William V. Smith) (10/17/90)
I have the "University price list" for our institution in front of me
and thought you may like to see another example of the discount
structure:
Standard configurations: Part number
1. NeXTstation.........$3,199.00
2. NeXTcube............$5,499.00 (no optical drive but a floppy incl.)
3. NeXTstation Color...$5,499.00
4. NeXTcube+NeXTdimension....$9708.00
Addon prices:
1. Printer.............$1,250.00 N2000
2. 4 4MB SIMMS........$2,000.00 N7009
3. NeXTstation w/340MB drive.....$4,829.00
4. NeXTdimension board...........$2,747.00 N7014-08
5. Memory expansion kit for
NeXTdimension board (you must buy
two kits of two interleaved SIMMS at a time for 4 SIMMS total)
...............$1028.00/kit N7011
6. NeXT Sound Box......$86.00 N4004
7. MegaPixel COLOR Display........$2060.00 N4001
8. MegaPixel Monochrome............$695.00 N4000A
9. 340 MB drive...................$2065.00 N3005
10. 660 MB drive...................$2745.00 N3002
11. 1.4 GB drive...................$4110.00 N3006
12. 256 MB Optical drive...........$2065.00 N3000
13. CD-ROM drive....................$620.00 N3007
14. 256 MB optical disk.............$102.00 N5000
15. Five 2.88 MB floppies........... $27.00 N5508
16. DSP memory expansion (32 KB)....$135.00 N7013
17. SCSI-2 SCSI-1 cable..............$36.00 N7007
(SCSI-2 to SCSI-2 same price N7006)
18. Thin net T plus terminator.......$55.00 (includes 10 meters of cable)N7100
19. 68040 upgrade for NeXTcube......$850.00 N7003
20. 2.0 Software(Extended)..........$195 (includes N5507
/Slobber/Drool/....
-Billsmithw@hamblin.math.byu.edu (William V. Smith) (10/18/90)
I was just comparing these prices with the campus prices for Macintosh stuff. Yikes...once you buy a IIci, keyboard, monitor, hard drive and some software, you are in to about 6K. I'm selling my Mac+ at home and getting a NeXTstation as soon as I can convince the department to buy me one. A guy up the hall who bought a IIfx is crying about it now. -Bill
melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) (10/18/90)
In article <SMITHW.90Oct17123547@hamblin.hamblin.math.byu.edu> smithw@hamblin.math.byu.edu (William V. Smith) writes:
I have the "University price list" for our institution in front of me
and thought you may like to see another example of the discount
structure:
Standard configurations: Part number
1. NeXTstation.........$3,199.00
2. NeXTcube............$5,499.00 (no optical drive but a floppy incl.)
3. NeXTstation Color...$5,499.00
4. NeXTcube+NeXTdimension....$9708.00
Addon prices:
1. Printer.............$1,250.00 N2000
2. 4 4MB SIMMS........$2,000.00 N7009
3. NeXTstation w/340MB drive.....$4,829.00
4. NeXTdimension board...........$2,747.00 N7014-08
5. Memory expansion kit for
NeXTdimension board (you must buy
two kits of two interleaved SIMMS at a time for 4 SIMMS total)
...............$1028.00/kit N7011
6. NeXT Sound Box......$86.00 N4004
7. MegaPixel COLOR Display........$2060.00 N4001
8. MegaPixel Monochrome............$695.00 N4000A
9. 340 MB drive...................$2065.00 N3005
10. 660 MB drive...................$2745.00 N3002
11. 1.4 GB drive...................$4110.00 N3006
12. 256 MB Optical drive...........$2065.00 N3000
13. CD-ROM drive....................$620.00 N3007
14. 256 MB optical disk.............$102.00 N5000
15. Five 2.88 MB floppies........... $27.00 N5508
16. DSP memory expansion (32 KB)....$135.00 N7013
17. SCSI-2 SCSI-1 cable..............$36.00 N7007
(SCSI-2 to SCSI-2 same price N7006)
18. Thin net T plus terminator.......$55.00 (includes 10 meters of cable)N7100
19. 68040 upgrade for NeXTcube......$850.00 N7003
20. 2.0 Software(Extended)..........$195 (includes N5507
/Slobber/Drool/....
-Bill
I don't suppose that they have a t-shirt on their list? I have seen
Amiga and Apple t-shirts on campus. I think the Cube needs to make
its presence known.
-Mikesmithw@hamblin.math.byu.edu (William V. Smith) (10/18/90)
>NeXT needs to make its presence known
Actually when our district sales people from NeXT were here they *gave*
away a bunch of T-shirts with the NeXT logo on it. . .marcr@marque.mu.edu (01/04/91)
Ok, I'll ask the question again..... What is the pricing of the NeXT these days???? t
esht_cif@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Eran) (01/29/91)
I have been hearing all sorts of rumors from people that NeXT is intending to raise the price of the NeXT Station some time during the coming summer. I heard this from someone who works at the computer store that sells them. Does anyone know if there is any truth in this and what the price difference is likely to be? Eran Shtiegman -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= - Eran Shtiegman - - email: esht_cif@troi.cc.rochester.edu - =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
scott@texnext.gac.edu (Scott Hess) (01/29/91)
In article <11921@ur-cc.UUCP> esht_cif@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Eran) writes:
I have been hearing all sorts of rumors from people that NeXT is
intending to raise the price of the NeXT Station some time during the
coming summer. I heard this from someone who works at the computer
store that sells them. Does anyone know if there is any truth in this
and what the price difference is likely to be?
Not that anyone has any reason to listen to me (because I don't
know), but I think this is probably just a rumor. It wouldn't
make all that great of business sense to raise the price of
something _after_ you've sold a billion of them. If NeXT
wanted to make more money, the time is now (everyone's been
impressed with the price of the NextStations, I think). By
this summer, they'll have sold the majority of the systems
they sell this year (I mean that as in 60% or so, not
90% :-). I think standard practice is to _lower_ prices
to spur sales.
Just comments. Again, I don't know, so don't use me as a reference
when spreading this rumor . . .
--
scott hess scott@gac.edu
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Richard Simmons . . ."lacsap@plethora.media.mit.edu (Pascal Chesnais) (01/29/91)
In article Next Prices esht_cif@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Eran) of : University of Rochester, Rochester NY writes: I have been hearing all sorts of rumors from people that NeXT is .. I would pay careful attention to every single rumour and post them immediately to the net!!! Seriously the quality of juicy rumours has been going down in this news group. If you are going to post a rumour make sure it is vicious, and absurd! Better yet, how about we all stick to facts... those that don't have disclaimers attached to them... pasc