Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???

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From: PJ
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 15:12

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PJ <pjuang@hawking.nhgs.tec.va.us> wrote:
>
>>
>>Think man!  That price you are thinking of comes from volume discounts
>>that
>>motherboard manufacturers get.  You know, the pricing for lots of 5000 or
>>10000?
>>
>>(Not to mention that it's still more expensive than that)
>>
>>Go ahead and buy your cheap little motherboard if it exists.  I wonder
>>what it's performance would be.
>>
>
>  So you're saying that I would have to pay double the price for a chip?  And 
>$300 for a motherboard?  You would have to use the same logic for promoting
>the PPC chips too.  I remember that it cost $80 for a PPC 603e chip.  Why did
>delaers here sell complete motherboards for $279 when the chip was supposed
>to cost $249 (AMD)?  Not to mention the performance was excellent.  
>

     Sorry, my mistake... a typo on my part.   I meant to say $379, not $279.

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Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
Date: 15 Aug 1995 15:12:26 GMT
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