Re: New Dell 486

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From: Andrew Loewenstern
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1992 03:13

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In article <1992Apr3.044708.260@hfs.questor.wimsey.bc.ca>  
bhead@hfs.questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Bradley Head) writes:
>  Andrew Loewenstern writes
>  > In article <95965@mcdchg.chg.mcd.mot.com> info@dellunix.dell.com (Info  
>  Account)  
>  > writes:
>  > >  
>  > >                 NEW DELL MODELS MAKE 50-MEGAHERTZ POWER
>  > >                    AFFORDABLE FOR MAINSTREAM PC USERS
>  > Sounds like this puppy was almost designed for NeXTstep 486!  Prices start  
at  
>  > $4599.  If that's with a monitor, some RAM, and a hard-drive, it's a  
pretty  
>  > good deal.  Especially since it runs a 50-mhz internally.
>  > 
>  > 
>  
>  I saw an ad on the back of PC-Mag quoting a price of $2999 for 50MHz-486  
Dell
>  (I believe comes with 14in colour).

Yes, but the newly announced Dell is a 486 EISA with direct-to-bus video.  I am  
willing to be the $2999 486 you saw was an ISA box.  Big difference.

andrew
-- 
andrew@cubetech.com
Andrew Loewenstern            |  "listen: there's a hell of a good universe
Cube Technologies, Inc.       |   next door; let's go." --- e.e. cummings

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Subject: Re: New Dell 486
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