[comp.sys.mac.misc] Overpriced Macs

declan@remus.rutgers.edu (Declan McCullagh/LZ) (03/13/91)

In article <1991Mar13.035024.6017@midway.uchicago.edu>, irw1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Mark Irwin) writes:

> >> Macintosh IIfx (4MB/floppy)     $8,969      $7,369 (no monitor/keybd/mou
> >> Macintosh IIfx (4MB/80HD)       $9,869      $8,069

> >  NeXTstation Monochrome (8MB/105HD)          $3,775 (no monitor/keybd/mou
> >  NeXTstation Color (12MB/105HD)              $4,650 

> Are these NeXT prices academic or list.  They look like academic prices to me
> If they are this is not a fair comparison, it should either be list or acade
> for both not a mixture.

The NeXT prices quoted above are list prices, not academic prices.  
Some common academic prices would be:

NeXTstation Monochrome (w/Monitor,Keyboard)     $3100
(25 MHz 68040, Floppy, 8 MB, 105 MB HD, 1120 x 832 17" 2-bits/pixel MegaPixel)

NeXTstation Color (w/out Monitor,Keyboard)      $3255
(25 MHz 68040, Floppy, 12 MB, 105 MB HD)

Add your own RGB monitor...  Keyboard/Mouse are about $150 combined
(again, academic pricing).  As for the IIfx, the old acad. prices were:

Macintosh IIfx (4MB/Floppy only)                $5106

I don't have any new academic pricing; Apple seems to have just sent
the new price lists out to the campus resellers in the last few days.

-Declan

folta@tove.cs.umd.edu (Wayne Folta) (03/14/91)

>Macintosh IIfx (4MB/Floppy only)                $5106
>
>I don't have any new academic pricing; Apple seems to have just sent
>the new price lists out to the campus resellers in the last few days.

At UMD, $5,016 now gets you a IIfx 80Mb/4Mb machine.
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Wayne Folta          (folta@cs.umd.edu  128.8.128.8)