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For those of you who haven't seen the June, 1987 Byte, there is a 
comparison between the  IBM  PS/2 Model 80 and the Mac II that is 
quite interesting, and I'll paraphrase it below.  The  prices  of 
the configuration listed come out to within $1 of each other, BUT 
look carefully at the equipment which is included:

IBM PS/2 Model 80-041           Apple Macintosh II Model HD40
----------------------------    -----------------------------
16 Mhz 80386                    16 Mhz 68020
1 megabyte RAM                  1 megabyte RAM
1.44 megabyte floppy            800K floppy
44 megabyte hard disk           40 megabyte hard disk
3 open 32 bit slots             5 open 32 bit slots
4 open 16 bit slots             ---
keyboard                        keyboard
video card                      video card
---                             68881 coprocessor
---                             system software
---                             13 inch color monitor
=====================================================
$6995                           $6996

However, consider the price if the  IBM system is brought up to a 
comparable (and operable) configuration.  Add:

$795    80387 coprocessor       ---
$685    12 inch color monitor   ---
$325    OS/2 operating system   ---
        (no graphics or 
        windowing, yet)
=========================================================
$8800 (IBM)                     $6996 (Mac II)

This makes the non-graphic, non-windowed IBM system  $1,804  more 
expensive  than  the  Macintosh  II,  which is more  than  enough 
difference to add an AST Research Mac286 coprocessor card ($1499) 
to the Mac II, letting it run MS-DOS programs as well!

Jeff Harrow

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