[rescue] Re: Re: OH YEA??? [was: Re: Ultra?]

[Robert Novak]

On Sat, 3 Aug 2002, James Lockwood wrote:

> On Sat, 3 Aug 2002, Robert Novak wrote:
> >
> > Nope. I believe the base 270MHz/256KB CPU with 64MB RAM was $1999 circa
> > 1998 (give or take a few months).
> 
> I don't know why, but when I was cleaning out my home office I kept the
> old Sun pricing guides.
> 
> The first U5's I ordered were out of the May 19, 1998 pricelist.  This
> specced the 270MHz/64MB/4.3GB/CDROM Ultra-5 configuration at $2495,
> discount category H (so good luck getting more than a 13% discount).

We had a 20% on H so that's probably why I remember $2000. 

> This was still a great deal, considering that SS5's had been $3k+ and
> far slower.

Yep. I think we'd just ordered a U1 170 a couple of months before,
256MB/4GB or thereabouts, and it was five figures. Ouch.

--Rob
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