[comp.sys.mac.misc] Canadian Macs and software for Architects

gig@cs.rit.edu (Gordon I Goodman) (06/29/91)

I am inquiring on behalf of a friend who is a practicing architect in Toronto,
Ontario.  He wants to buy a Mac for his office and showed me some bids that
he had gotten for Mac IIci system with 105 meg hard disks, 4 meg of ram, 
extended keyboard and Apple 13" color monitor.  I was stunned at the prices.
Even taking into account the 15% exchange rate (and not including the Value
Added Tax), the prices seemed very high.  What are the list prices for a system
such as the above in Canada and what are the "street" prices?  Can anyone 
suggest a good source for Macs in the Toronto area?

On a slightly different subject, are there any architects on the net who can
suggest CAD packages for the Mac for 2D and 3D architectural drawings?

Thanks for your help...

Gordon