Inexpensive Powerbooks

[Garret E. Traylor]

Kent;
I have been very interested in purchasing a powerbook, but I am still
undecided as to which model to buy. With all the current powerbooks on the
market which two or three machines would you choose and why?
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Garret Traylor
Equal Temperament Services
PSC 482 Box 14
FPO, AP 96362-0014
(Okinawa Japan, Kadena Air Force Base)
Associate Member at Large
Piano Technicians Guild
Washington D.C. Alpha Chapter
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Kent Swafford wrote:

> Just a note for persons who might be interested in purchasing CyberTuner
> and/or a Powerbook on which to run it.
>
> The Powerbook 2400 which is currently the Powerbook best suited for use
> with CyberTuner was priced at about $3500 just a few months ago.  This
> machine is currently priced by Apple at about $2000.  Some (but not all)
> CompUSA stores currently have the 2400 priced at $1800.  (It is likely
> that these prices reflect the closing out of this model, and that this
> price will not be available for very long.)
>
> I assume Dean Reyburn has Powerbook/RCT packages priced in-line with the
> above prices.
>
> The last I heard (2-1-98), Dean had Powerbook/RCT packages starting at
> $1395 for a grayscale machine including RCT, and color computer packages
> starting at $1695 including RCT.
>
> Excuse the commercial nature of this post but I think that the
> availability of (almost) half-priced Powerbooks is news.
>
> Kent Swafford