IBM readies secret weapon
By Reuters
Special to CNET NEWS.COM
August 20, 1998, 1:15 p.m. PT
IBM aims to upset the sleepy conformity of the
consumer personal computer industry next week
when it unveils a screaming-fast machine targeted at
power-hungry PC users, industry sources said.
The sleek, black PC, code-named Cobra, will run
on the new Pentium II 450 megahertz chip that Intel
is set to introduce
Monday, and will come
with 128MB of
computer memory and a
16.8 gigabyte hard disk.
The new machine will
carry a list price of
slightly more than $2,000 for a full-power machine
that promises not to be quickly outdated, the
sources said. The monitor costs extra.
A 15-inch flat-panel display will be sold alongside
the computer, IBM's first such advanced monitor to
retail for less than $1,000. The total cost of the
Cobra, with monitor, will be just more than $3,000,
they said.
IBM and Intel declined to comment on the product.
With Cobra, IBM is addressing a market largely
ignored in the stampede by consumers to buy PCs
for less than $1,000. These machines typically use
standard components with little differentiation
between products from rival manufacturers. |
