Re: Prices and questions about direction of PPC hardware

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From: Chad Irby
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 21:06

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Brandon Hines (Soleil@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu) wrote:

: I have read things like this for the past few months, but have yet to
: find a vendor to give me a price on a PMac that compares to a P5
: system. 

Uhhh... pick up the phone, call directory assistance, ask for the local 
number for Power Computing (an Austin company).  Ask them for a price on 
a 100 MHz PPC 601.  Then call Dell and ask them for the price on a 100 
MHz Pentium with the same setup.  

Comparable, to say the least...


-- 

Chad Irby           /    My greatest fear: that future generations will,
cirby@gate.net     /      for some reason, refer to me as an "optimist."

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Subject: Re: Prices and questions about direction of PPC hardware
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