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"Although Wikipedia has the introductory price at $4995, or nearly $10k in 2020 dollars." But the comparable machines of the time like the Mac IIfx or the Sun
by jonhendry18 6y ago
"Although Wikipedia has the introductory price at $4995, or nearly $10k in 2020 dollars."
But the comparable machines of the time like the Mac IIfx or the Sun boxes of the time had similar or higher prices.
- redis_mlc 6y agoKind of illustrates the point of being unaffordable.
- GlenTheMachine 6y agoIt had a significant educational discount I believe. And I was a college student.
- wpietri 6y agoSure, but the Mac II fx was the high-end machine in a consumer line with plenty of low-end options. And the Sun boxes were workstations targeted at businesses and institutions, where high price is not a barrier if the business value is there. The NeXT hardware was never really competitive in either market except certain niches. E.g., all our clients were in financial trading, because they were willing to pay a huge premium for rapid app development for financial traders.