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Re: Will P5 System Prices Drop Soon?

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From: Dick Hughes
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 00:00
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pinhead@inlink.com wrote:

>T. R. Kinney <trk1@smartnet.net> wrote:
>
>>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
>
Got a laugh over your post.  That's exactly what my wife said.

Dick Hughes
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From: dhughes@efn.org (Dick Hughes)
Subject: Re: Will P5 System Prices Drop Soon?
Date: 1995/11/16
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