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Started by Mark Crispin
Thu, 16 Jan 1986 06:24
ST prices
Author: Mark Crispin
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1986 06:24
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1986 06:24
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A $400 computer is a toy. A $400 computer that costs $800 is an expensive toy. The point is that instead of making the ST sell for $400 they should keep the price the same and improve the ST. I have somewhat more in mind by "improving the ST" than adding $35 worth of RAMs. -------
Re: ST prices
Author: Ray Frank
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1986 15:56
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1986 15:56
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> A $400 computer is a toy. > A $400 computer that costs $800 is an expensive toy. > > The point is that instead of making the ST sell for $400 they should keep > the price the same and improve the ST. > An $800 computer selling for $400 is an inexpensive computer. And if its' an ST, its' one hell of a toy. A $400 Mack? Now THAT's an expensive computer! Four hundred dollars is what I've heard it costs Apple to make the Mack. Ray
Re: ST prices
Author: Dave Hsu
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1986 19:16
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1986 19:16
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In article <14622@rochester.UUCP> ray@rochester.UUCP writes:
>An $800 computer selling for $400 is an inexpensive computer. And if its' an
>ST, its' one hell of a toy.
>
>A $400 Mack? Now THAT's an expensive computer!
>Four hundred dollars is what I've heard it costs Apple to make the Mack.
>
>Ray
But don't forget: you also get a monitor and a disk drive for that price.
Quoting different configurations is a good way to become confused (as well
as an unethical but surprisingly effective bargaining weapon against car
dealers...)
-dave
--
David Hsu Communication & Signal Processing Lab, EE Department
<disclaimer> University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
hsu@eneevax.umd.edu {seismo,allegra}!umcp-cs!eneevax!hsu CF522@UMDD.BITNET
"Vern Vern Vern Vern Vern Vern Vern, you've done it now, buddy..."
-Ernest P. Worrell
Re: ST prices
Author: D Keen
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1986 20:24
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1986 20:24
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> A $400 computer is a toy. > A $400 computer that costs $800 is an expensive toy. > > The point is that instead of making the ST sell for $400 they should keep > the price the same and improve the ST. > > I have somewhat more in mind by "improving the ST" than adding $35 worth > of RAMs. > ------- Ok Sherman, set the Wayback for 15 years. Now, it is 1971 and I have an ST selling for $400. Is this a toy? What are your standards? More to the point, what is your definition of a toy? If I price a Cray at $400, does it suddenly become a toy? Just curious, Donald Keen AT&T Consumer Products AT&T is not curious; they couldn't care less about any replies or my questions.
Re: ST prices
Author: Tim Smith
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1986 02:46
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1986 02:46
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In article <837@inuxd.UUCP> keen@inuxd.UUCP (D Keen) writes: >what is your definition of a toy? If I price a Cray at $400, >does it suddenly become a toy? > From what one person said here earlier, we can see that a Cray at any price already is a toy. It has external power supplies ... :-) -- Tim Smith sdcrdcf!ism780c!tim || ima!ism780!tim || ihnp4!cithep!tim
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