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Article #420Apple Prices
From: gillies
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1989 23:16
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1989 23:16
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Apple Computer University Price List (Individuals) ------------------------------------ Mac Plus 945 Mac SE 1614 Mac SE w/Apple Keyboard 1704 Mac SE w/HD 20 1946 Mac SE w/HD 20 w/Apple Keyboard 2036 Mac SE HD 40/2 2709 Mac SE/30 2709 Mac SE/30 40/1 3019 Mac SE/30 80/4 4073 Mac II 3019 Mac II 40/1 3825 Mac II 40/4 4569 Mac IIcx 2995 Mac IIcx 40/1 3329 Mac IIcx 80/4 4383 Mac IIx /4 4321 Mac IIx 80/4 4879 Mac IIx 160/4 5313 Apple Keyboard 90 Extended Keyboard 160 Apple Monochrome Monitor 279 AppleColor Monitor 699 Apple Portrait Monitor 769 Apple Two-Page Monitor 1504 1-bit Video card 139 4-bit Video Card 349 Expansion Kit 104 Two-Page video Card 419 Portrait Video Card 419 Imagewriter II w/Cable 437 Imagewriter LQ w/Cable 1000 Laserwriter IISC 1791 Laserwriter IINT 3199 LaserWriter IINTX 4479 Apple Scanner 1259 $35 shipping/handling on all orders; $300 minimum. --------------------------------------------------------------- I decided to post these when I was collecting the prices for a friend. Here are some observations. First, the bare Mac II CPU has gone up $600 since I bought mine [during a promotion] in 1987. Second, it looks like Apple has jacked up the prices of its bare system units to make its hard-disk units seem more attractive. Apple has long been known for overcharging for hard disks. It looks like Apple has found a new way to overcharge for hard disks: raise the price for the empty CPU box, making the system unit with the hard disk seem more attractive. Actually, Apple is just squeezing the 3rd-party disk drive makers by exploiting its closed architecture. Our University Price List is not copyrighted. Apple has a tendency to sick its lawyers on people for disclosing "confidential" prices in the university discount program, or at least threaten the universities involved. It seems to me that this policy is restraint of trade / an unfair trade practice, and it should be possible to counter-sue Apple on these grounds. But who has the time and energy to fight Apple in court? So, what are the discount prices at your university?
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