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

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From: Dan Pop
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 23:21

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In <rmcassid-3107951340170001@dante.eng.uci.edu> rmcassid@uci.edu (Robert Cassidy) writes:

>In article <danpop.807143070@rscernix>, Dan.Pop@mail.cern.ch (Dan Pop) wrote:
>
>> There are lots of Mac's in the shops in Geneva, but (almost) everybody
>> is ignoring them and buying PC's.  How does this fact fit into your
>> picture.  I guess Geneva must be a fairly atypical case :-)
>
>I guess so. What are the prices of these systems in Geneva - it's not
>exactly known to be a cheap place for US products.
> 
Glad you asked.  The cheapest Mac, a Performa 475 (Trinitron monitor and
keyboard included) costs SF 1290 (a little bit more than $1000).  There 
is no PC here that can match this price (the cheapest ones are above
SF 1500, with a crappy monitor), yet...

Dan
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