Re: $2100 486-25?

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From: Stephen M. Smith
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 1991 18:45

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millernw@clutx.clarkson.edu (Neal Miller) writes:
>
>486-25Mhz     $2099 (!)
>
>	I don't think these PCs come with any frills, like monitors, but
>a 486-25 for two thou?!?  Am I being either cynical or suspicious about
>these prices?

Yeah, it's kind of neat, huh?  --except for those of you who bought
your screaming 486 two months ago!   Ha! Ha! Ha! (sinister laugh)

Here's the last 3 months of ads for Gateway...

  NOVEMBER                DECEMBER               JANUARY

  486-25                  486-25                 486-25
  4 MEG RAM               8 MEG RAM              8 MEG RAM
  both size floppies      both size floppies     both size floppies
  150 MEG HD              200 MEG HD             200 MEG HD
  SVGA (512k)             SVGA (1 MEG)           SVGA (1 MEG)
  (other stuff)           (other stuff)          (other stuff)

  PRICE: $5295            PRICE: $4395           PRICE: $3995

Well, they always say "if in doubt, wait a few more months!"

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