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Article #6017Re: 486 vs. 386
From: Derek Schott
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 05:49
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 05:49
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> >I hope the 586 comes out soon so I can get my 486/DX2-66 at a lower price :) >--------------------------------------------------------- > Louis J. Giliberto, Jr. ! magus@drktowr.chi.il.us > -sysadmin drktowr ! lgilibe@orion.it.luc.edu > Chicago, IL USA ! >--------------------------------------------------------- After watching the market trend, I have the funniest feeling that everything has about hit rock bottom. A lot of people keep saying that the introduction of the i586 is going to severely cut the prices of both the 386 and 486 machines. Although it might drop the prices at first, I don't see why it is going to cut them so much. People are in business to make money; if the computer markets keep dropping the way they are now, no money is to be made. Don't get me wrong, I'm in the purchasing stage myself, and the lower they get in price, the better. My biggest fear is that if I wait too long, some unseen factor (ie trade embargo, stock market fluctuations, aliens landing in Sunnyvale CA., etc) will cause prices to go back up. Anyone got any suggestions on what prices are going to do over the next 6 months to a year? -- ============================================================================= * Derek Schott Mail:schottd@ucs.orst.edu * * Department of Public Safety/OSP Corvallis OR OSU * =============================================================================
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!news.orst.edu!ucs.orst.edu!schottd From: schottd@ucs.orst.edu (Derek Schott) Subject: Re: 486 vs. 386 Message-ID: <BxFpHv.8zB@news.orst.edu> Keywords: prices Sender: usenet@news.orst.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: ucs.orst.edu Organization: University Computing Services - OSU References: <1992Nov4.232958.11318@mksol.dseg.ti.com> <92110612229@drktowr.chi.il.us> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 05:49:03 GMT Lines: 29