torrie@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Evan James Torrie) (12/12/90)
MQUINN%UTCVM@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU writes: >For those interrested,... >Here's what the MacWorld article says (I stole this issue form the office:) >------------ >As for the education market, the mac LC has tougher competition. Universities >may want more power and expandability than the mac LC offers [THEN GET A GS, DA >MNIT!]--especially if they are connecting to a UNIX network or doing multimedia > work. But for K-through-12 schools, the mac LC, with its Apple IIe board and >low-cost color, [ABOUT 400% THE COST OF THE //E OR MORE!] is a good deal >[COMPARED TO A CRAY]. Apple claims that the mac LC will sell to schools for th >e same price as--or even less than--an Apple IIGS [TRY TWICE AS MUCH!]. How much do schools pay for a IIgs system? (Anyone know the actual -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Evan Torrie. Stanford University, Class of 199? torrie@cs.stanford.edu Where can a nation lie when it hides its organic minds in a cellar dark and grim? They must be ... very dim.
rkh@mtune.ATT.COM (Robert Halloran) (12/13/90)
In article <1990Dec12.084303.18410@Neon.Stanford.EDU> torrie@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Evan James Torrie) writes: >MQUINN%UTCVM@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU writes: >>For those interrested,... >>Here's what the MacWorld article says (I stole this issue form the office:) >>------------ >> But for K-through-12 schools, the mac LC, with its Apple IIe board and >>low-cost color, [ABOUT 400% THE COST OF THE //E OR MORE!] is a good deal >>[COMPARED TO A CRAY]. Apple claims that the mac LC will sell to schools >>for the same price as--or even less than--an Apple IIGS [TRY TWICE AS MUCH!]. > > How much do schools pay for a IIgs system? (Anyone know the actual When my wife & I used her teacher's buy option in the summer of '87, and supposedly paid the educational price for our system, we got the 512K GS, 1 ea. 3.5" & 5.25" drives, and the RGB tube for $1500. The IM2 was an add'l $400. The price break on the printer was only slightly better than could be had from the mail-order places like CDA, but the base CPU bundle was better by $200-300, as I recall from the time. Bob Halloran ========================================================================= Internet: rkh@mtune.dptg.att.com UUCP: att!mtune!rkh Disclaimer: If you think AT&T would have ME as a spokesman, you're crazed. Quote: "We have no plans at this time to introduce new, standalone Apple II models." --- Robert Puette, president of Apple USA. "Apple II Forever"? Looks like Forever = 13 years, 6 months (4/15/77 - 10/15/90) =========================================================================