steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield) (04/02/91)
In article <4903@lib.tmc.edu> drg@mdaali.mda.uth.tmc.edu (David Gutierrez) writes: #>In article <17361@venera.isi.edu> jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan) writes: #>> Does the recent dropping of IIfx prices presage a drop in the high #>> cost of the II->IIfx upgrade (the onyl upgrade available to "classic" #>> Mac II owners)? #> #>No - or not yet, anyway. Apple's latest price list (which has the #>new-reduced IIfx prices) has the IIfx upgrade at the same price. #> #>David Gutierrez Apple is currently also offering trade-ins and upgrades on some institutionally purchased equipment. I could trade in my Mac II for $1500 and get an fx for $5K, the difference is more than the logic board upgrade even if I also bought the HDFD. I pointed this out to our local Apple rep; she said she would look into it. Apple also did not offer to take monochrome monitors as trade-ins; the rep said she would also investigate that since trading up monitors could be a good idea for many people. Another example of the poorly thought through trade-in offer; we have a Mac Plus. Apple is offering $250 as trade-in value (minus $50 because the university's name is inscribed on the case; all university equipment is supposed to be inscribed). Why would anyone take $200 for a functioning Plus, even given all its limitations? As I told the rep, the idea of trading in old equipment and upgrading is attractive, but only if the prices make some sense. Incidentally, I also looked at the two new Apple printers. The output and the prices are quite nice for both, but they are soooo slow. A page with a simple graphic took 30 seconds to print on the personal laserprinter and a bit longer than that on the ink jet. Steve Goldfield College of Engineering UC Berkeley