gaynor@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Jim Gaynor) (09/26/90)
An interesting little tidbit here for those of you who are hungry for information on the soon-to-be released Macintosh Classic and Macintosh IIsi. (Yes Chuq, I know they aren't released and therefore don't exist. Neither do I. Poof!) Our Apple Educational Rep has been merrily displaying an order that the University of Michigan put in for, get this, 1,100 Mac Classics with 2 Meg RAM and 40 Meg HDs. Not to mention the systems on the order that were ordered "w/ RGB monitor" that the Rep told me were IIsi's (but I think may be LCs) that were on the order. I believe it came across to him from AppleLink, and he has been displaying it to the OSU folks to try to goad them into buying Macs to keep up with our rival school. The most interesting part of the order, though, was the price. Approximately $1050 for the 2/40 Mac Classics, and approx. $2500 for the Color system configured at 2/40, -including- RGB monitor (whichever system it was that was on the order). Granted, that was the price to the school, so figure an extra 10%-15% on the price for educational discounts. Nice... DISCLAIMER: Lies. All lies. Damn lies. -=- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Jim Gaynor - The Ohio State Univ. - IRCC - Facilities Mgmt. - OCES <whew!> | | Email [gaynor@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu], [gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu] | |_ "Don't tell me truth hurts, little girl; because it hurts like hell..." _|