Chuck, re:<Did your system cost $399 or $499 or $599? If
not, we are not talking about the same target market here.>
There are many Duron systems being sold in that price range (<$600)
in the white box market. Here's some comparisons:
Startech Computers: all have 64M, 10G HD, 52X CD
Celeron (32M,7.5G, -$70)
Duron-32M TNT2 graphics 810e unified graphics
500 MHz $429
533 MHz $439
566 MHz $449
600 MHz $489 $459
650 MHz $509 $469 (633 MHz)
700 MHz $529
750 MHz $579
CompCity: All with MSI mobo, 64M, 7.5G, 8MB SIS AGP,48X CD, modem
Duron Celeron
600 MHz $529 $525
650 MHz $539 $559 (667 MHz)
700 MHz $569 na
ComLogic: All with 32M, 10.8G, S3 4MB AGP, 48X CD, modem
Duron Celeron
600 MHz $479 $469 ($489 633 MHz)
650 MHz $499 $505 (667 MHz)
700 MHz $519
Micro City: 64M, 20G, 52X, i810 or unknown 4M AGP video
Duron Celeron
600 MHz $459 $475
633 MHz $499
667 MHz $519
700 MHz $499
Its interesting that even in this price range, half the
Celeron systems use external graphics. NONE of them use the
i815 chipset, those motherboards are too expensive.
Apparently, customers don't like being stuck with i810 video forever.
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