isbell@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Art Isbell) (06/02/89)
CU has finally signed a support agreement with NeXT and is now offering cubes to students. That's the good news........the bad news is the price list: basic system 7,385 (cube with 8M RAM + MegaPixel display + keyboard + mouse + flopty + software) scholar's system 9,659 (basic + printer) advanced system 9,659 (basic + 330M h.d.) developer's system 14,200 (scholar's + 660M h.d.) server system 15,340 (basic + 8M RAM + 660M h.d.) printer 2,275 4M RAM 1,705 330M h.d. 2,275 660M h.d. 4,545 These prices do not include sales tax, but do include shipping. Being one of those students whom I thought NeXT was targeting, I had planned on purchasing a NeXT, but because NeXT has denied me registered developer status, I must purchase through CU at these prices. At present, the only overhead I can see is the support CU has agreed to provide during the warranty period. They have no demo machines, no literature, only a one-page price list standing in a rack in the bookstore computer sales outlet. The mark-up they are charging would easily pay for the developer's programming course offered by NeXT. I have been effectively priced out of the NeXT market. Having read this newsgroup for several months, I get the feeling that these prices are on the high end of the range of prices offered by universities around the country. Because this is just a feeling I have, I would like to compile a price list for NeXT systems and peripherals at as many universities as possible. If you have this information for your university, please email it to me and I will post a summary. Thanks in advance, Art Isbell isbell@tigger.colorado.edu