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/ reichard@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Kevin Reichard) /  4:27 am  Jan 30, 1991 /
$ 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.
$ 
$ Um, the Defense Department doesn't buy chips. The services are buying
$ directly--a $21 million buy from Compuadd, a $1 million buy from CPT, etc.
$ Methinks the dealer was pushing some hooey to push a sale; there are no
$ indications that prices will be going up.
$ 
I fact, in my 2 cents' worth of opinion, I believe price will be going
down  :-). For one, soon Intel will not have monopoly of 386 chips.
The Gulf War and the existing economic trend will cause many companies
to have cash flow problem --- which usually means a fire sale to follow.

Almost pure speculation .....  So when will we get a 486 for under $2K ?


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