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Re: 486 vs. 386

#6017
From: Derek Schott
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 :)
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> Louis J. Giliberto, Jr.   ! magus@drktowr.chi.il.us
>   -sysadmin drktowr       ! lgilibe@orion.it.luc.edu
>  Chicago, IL  USA         ! 
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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?

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* Derek Schott                                Mail:schottd@ucs.orst.edu     *
* Department of Public Safety/OSP             Corvallis OR OSU              *
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