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

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From: Stephen Knilans
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 1995 15:56

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In article <40anjl$v3o@hopi.gate.net> cirby@news.gate.net (Chad Irby) writes:
>Reid Conti (oakley@eskimo.com) wrote:
>
>
>Where do you shop?  Have you priced Macs in the last six months or so?  
>Compare the price on a Mac 5200 to a P-B Pentium 75... the Mac is faster, 
>has better hardware (compare that P-B .39 pitch 13" monitor to the one 
>built into the 5200 that gives you *real* 832 by 624 resolution).  And 
>the equal Compaq is more expensive than that.
>

Compaq is NOT a good comparison!  A P75 motherboard now can be had for about 
$300!  That is WITH VESA and PCI slots, and 256K cache.  At that price, I 
don't think an equivalent APPLE could beat it by much !  NO WAY!  ESPECIALLY 
since apple isn't known to be very cheap EITHER.

Steve

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