Re: Apple IIGS Laptop Project announces bare-bones pricing

[magnusfalkirk <dean.phares@gmail.com>]

On Apr 7, 12:02 pm, rich12345 <aiiad...@gmail.com> wrote:
> From A2central.com:
>
>  Apple IIGS Laptop Project announces bare-bones pricing
> By sfahey
>
> The team behind the Apple IIGS Laptop Project has announced base
> pricing for their ambitious portable IIGS — $1399 USD for the bare-
> bones A2GS-L01. This configuration is intended for those who want to
> add their own compact flash storage, accelerator or extra RAM. Pricing
> for the “loaded” A2GS-L01 with these amenities included hasn’t been
> determined yet.
>
> If all goes well, the A2GS-L01 should be in production and ready for
> delivery PRIOR to KansasFest, this July. Hopefully we’ll have pictures
> of the mock-ups or beta units soon.

I'd love to have one. I don't suppose there would be any kind of
discount for providing your own GS ROM 01 motherboard? My biggest
problem with the price, beyond justifying it to myself in the first
place, would be justifying it to my wife. For that same sort of price
I could get her a well equipped MacBook.

Dean