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Date: Sun 19-Apr-1989 20:09:21 From: Unknown Subject: NeXT prices To whom it may concern: NeXT was on the Stanford campus today, eagerly signing up student buyers. In return for convincing a NeXT representative that you know enough about Unix and don't mind having a 0.9 release, you can pay your money now and have a machine "in three weeks". Here are some of the prices: Base system (8Mb RAM, display, flopty): $6,825.00 Scholar's system (above+laser printer): $8,925.00 Advanced system (base+330Mb SCSI): $8,925.00 Developer's system (scholar's+660Mb SCSI): $13,125.00 Server system (above+16Mb total RAM): $14,175.00 Regards, R. Martin Chavez Stanford University School of Medicine >From: avie@wb1.cs.cmu.edu (Avadis Tevanian)
Date: Sun 24-Apr-1989 17:46:05 From: Unknown Subject: Re: NeXT prices In article <8004@pyr.gatech.EDU> isbell@pyr.gatech.EDU ( Charles L. Isbell) writes: (price list deleted) > >But I had heard that NeXT was going to also make a "subBase" available >that would have 4 Meg instead of 8 Meg (and would be ~4500-5000) instead. >Is this true? If so, I could "afford" a subBase at ~8500-9000. >If not, well... > When folks at NeXT were discussing what kind of machine to release and for how much, I believe the initial configuration was going to be a 4 meg model. However, when it was discovered that the OS would have run only in a limited way in 4 megs, the standard 8 meg configuration was settled on (NeXT wanted to have all users possess a fully-capable box; this decision was not unlike the one that mandated that all machines should have a DSP chip). I agree that given the recent dramatic drop in memory prices (you can get 4 megs for about $700), the $1500 difference in what a 4 megger would have cost and the current model would make the former a good buy. Sooner or later, given the realities of the marketplace, it's certainly conceivable that you'll see prices drop somewhat on the NeXT workstation (as well as others). John Heckendorn p.s. For those in the Bay Area who are interested, BMUG will have its first meeting of the NeXT SIG on May 9th at the BMUG offices in beautiful downtown Berkeley (2150 Kittredge Steet). Call (415) 549-2684 for more information. /\ BMUG ARPA: bmug@garnet.berkeley.EDU A__A 1442A Walnut St., #62 BITNET: bmug@ucbgarnet |()| Berkeley, CA 94709 | | (415) 549-2684 | | >From: chari@nueces.UUCP (Chris Whatley)
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