🚀 go-pugleaf

On Mon, 13 Nov 1995 11:03:54 -0700, Patrick O'Neil
<patrick@howard.genetics.utah.edu> wrote:

>On Sun, 12 Nov 1995 pinhead@inlink.com wrote:
>
>> 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
>[...]
>
>Yes.  There comes a point, like diving into a freezing swimming pool, 
>where you just have to take a breath and make the jump (this of course 
>implies that you are intent at diving in at some point).
>
>> prices to wholesalers at any time.   Buy your computer and never look
>> at these newsgroups again, the falling prices will make you sick :)
> 
>Not bad advice though nevertheless I would wait until the next quarter.  
>Though this argument could go on forever, if you DO wait until the 1st 
>quarter of next year to buy, you may be able to pick up a P5-133 for a 
>great price because of the release of the 150 in addition to the normal 
>price drop.  Also, it allows more time for the fledgling 
>Apple/Firepower/etc PowerPC vendors to make the competition heat up a bit 
>more (more volume on the PPC 604...hopefully) which could end up driving 
>the Pentium prices down more than they otherwise might.
>
>I am waiting until January-to-March in order to purchase a new Pentium
>motherboard with burst cache and all the other acoutrements - PLUS the
>fact that by then, there will be more versatile boards that can handle
>from 90 to 150 or 180 Mhz, leaving me the option of further relatively
>cheap upgrades in the coming two years.  Right now, I have found only a
>couple of vendors that can supply boards that are able to accept a 180 Mhz
>pentium...and they are a bit steep.  By waiting just a little while
>longer, I can get a top of the line system with the capability of further
>growth into chips that aren't even available yet.  As far as the computer
>market goes (which is much like the auto market) this helps maintain my
>investment value for a little longer...buy near the top with room to grow
>and it wont immediately be obsolete to the same extent as is usually the
>case. 
>
>poneil@genetics.utah.edu



The Intel Endeavor Boards have the new SOCKET 7's, and also allow up
to 200mhz.....might want to grab one. 

manual specs: 
.CPU: Supports the following CPUs in a ZIF socket.
-Intel Pentium P54C/P54CT/P54CTB/P55C -
75/90/100/120/133/150/166/180/200+ Mhz with VRM and Socket 7.