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Article #7217Re: advice on purchase of pc
From: Lee
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 1991 13:52
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 1991 13:52
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In article <1991Jan29.000427.10982@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> simpson@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Simpson David Grant) writes: > A friend of mine recently bought a 386 from a computer dealer >in Maryland. The dealer told him that prices of electronic >equipment will soon be going up because of the war in the >Persian Gulf (the Defense Deparment is buying lots of chips) >and so PC prices will be going up as a result. I think maybe this dealer is giving you a sales pitch for one reason or another... Here in the Washington, DC area, PC prices are still falling regularly as 486 machines are becoming more and more available in the discount stores; putting pressure on the prices of the 286 and 386 machines.. As an example, as of this week, typical discount prices for a 386 machine with VGA color monitor is about $2,000.00; this includes 2 meg RAM, 60 meg HD, both 3 1/2 and 5 1/4 inch floppy. A similar 286 based machine would be about $1,600.00.....This is down from December time frame...
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!midway!mimsy!oasys!dtoa1!dlee From: dlee@dtoa1.dt.navy.mil (Lee) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: advice on purchase of pc Message-ID: <5605@oasys.dt.navy.mil> Date: 30 Jan 91 13:52:08 GMT References: <91028.134311CTB103@psuvm.psu.edu> <1991Jan29.000427.10982@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> Sender: news@oasys.dt.navy.mil Reply-To: dlee@dtoa1.dt.navy.mil (David Lee) Organization: David Taylor Research Center, Bethesda, MD Lines: 16