> jeez they sure know how to twist a person to wring every last drop out > of them, don't they? > > on their site tonight, i noticed they are having what they consider to > be "a special holiday sale price for year's end." > the 7-card chassis's are being reduced to 825 dollars instead of the > usual 1200 or so for year's end. > gee wow. > got to sell off that year end inventory, don't ya know???
when you're decking out a ProTools|HD system costing hundreds of thousands of dollars and need 7 DSP cards running so you can nail that 128-track pop track mixdown, an extra grand doesn't really matter. You'll spend 5 times that on cabling.... You're right though, Digidesign really know how to charge for stuff that shouldn't be expensive.... like a rebadged Macally USB keyboard, complete with lots of coloured keys and their shortcut commands for ProTools, that costs US$250, when the plain-jane keyboard from Macally costs like $U$40. Though stuff like the Digi001 and Mbox are actually really good buys if you consider the cost of getting an equivalent interface PLUS Cubase or Logic. Ben (like ProTools.) -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
