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: >>pearlman@intac.com (Ted Pearlman) writes:
: >>> (If you want to send an e-mail response, send it to Gary Heiman at 
: >>> gah13@columbia.edu)
: >>> 
: >>> To All,
: >>> 
: >>> I am thinking of buying an all-in-one pentium system soon, but I am 
: >>> wondering if I should wait for an upcoming price drop (due to the 
: >>> unveiling of the P6).  Does anyone expect a pentium price drop soon for 
: >>> this or any other reason?  What do you think system prices will drop to?
: >>> 
: >>> Thanks immensely in advance,
: >>> 
: >>> Gary Heiman
: >>> gah13@columbia.edu
: >>> 


: >>I would wait if you can until 1stQ 96. When the P150 is released,
: >>and the regular quarterly price drop comes around. Of course if
: >>the family wants one for Christmas there are plenty of good deals
: >>now.

: >You gotta relize there will always be price drops.  If you wait till
: >the market is going to stabalize you will never buy a PC.  While you'd
: >think the P6 would result in a P5 plunge I wouldn't bet on it
: >considering Intel has the P6 aimed at a different market, the
: >server/network Windows NT guys, at least for now.  Intel can cut
: >prices to wholesalers at any time.   Buy your computer and never look
: >at these newsgroups again, the falling prices will make you sick :)

: >pinhead@inlink.com

: 	The P6 really isn't an issue in the pricing structure of the pentium
: chip.  It's a nice piece of technology, but it's geared for corporate
: duty, not the home & small business market
: 	Another factor which, ostensibly, will make first quarter `96 an
: attractive time for a P5 purchase is the December `95 release of
: Cyrix'  x686 chip which, by all available pre-release data, will run
: 32 -and- 16-bit apps considerably faster than a Pentium of equivalent
: clock speed. 
: 	Locally, I can pick up an Intel Triton MB w/ 133 Mhz pentium chip &
: 256Kb L2 cache for just under $800.00+tax.  I expect by the time the
: Cyrix-powered systems acheive market acceptance (Mar `95) I will be
: able to pick up that same board/chip for $100.00 less.  That is,
: barring an unforseen disaster shrinking the pool of available
: pentiums.  (Not likely)
: 	And, oh yeah, don't read ad's in the trades, view hardware newsgroups,
: or go near a hardware house for at least six months, you will feel
: better about your purchase if you don't focus on how quickly it loses
: it's value.
: 	One ray of hope... technology prognosticators predict that sometime in
: the middle of the next century technology for personal computers will
: plateau due to the restraint of the laws of physics.  (Tongue planted
: firmly in cheek)
: 			Best `o luck,   Hal


hi,

just saw this in today's copy of pc week.  they say jan 4 will be when new 
systems based on the 150/166 P5 will be announced.  according to the article,
intel will drp prices & "effectively eliminate" the 90Mhz chip in early
february.  the 75Mhz chip will stay as the entry level cpu until midyear when
another price drop will put the 100Mhz cpu as the new entry level chip.

the article also states that the 150/166 will start at $550/$750 (did not give
a lot quantity, but i'd speculate note less than 1,000).  then by 4Q96, these
prices should be down to $300/$450.  of course, the last line in the article
is "Intel officials declined to comment on unnanounced(sp) plans."

grab a handful of salt & decide what you believe.

-t


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