John, JMHO about Acer is that they are seeing a slowdown that might be indigenous to 2nd and 3rd tier boxmakers (actually, Acer might be a "lower first tier). My reasoning is that you can buy a great PC from highly trusted names like Compaq, Dell, HP, IBM or Gateway for a historically very low price. Check this 800 MHz PIII, 128 MB, 20 GB, 17" monitor, Windows ME, for $1,368 before tax. Why bother with an offshore company whose quality, reliability, service, even long term viability may be in question? Could you get a better price, by 50 or 100 bucks? I say who cares, I'll go with the big brand name, Intel too, of course. - TV
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Summary Unit Cost Quantity Price
Presario 7000 Series
Intel® Pentium® III Processor - 800/133MHz
128MB SyncDRAM PC 133
20.0GB UltraDMA ATA/66 (7200 RPM) Hard Drive
40X MAX CD ROM Drive
Free Y@P Phone with 1000 Minutes
17"- New Compaq CV735 Monitor - Quartz White (16.0" VIA)
Microsoft Featured Home Collection + MS Word
JBL Platinum Speakers with Digital Audio Port
56K ITU v.90 Modem
Creative Labs Sounds 1373 w/128 voices
32MB nVidia TNT2 M64 Pro Graphics
3.5" 1.44 MB diskette drive
Compaq USB Internet Keyboard
Compaq Scroll Mouse
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
Digital Video Center and Studio DV Software
1yr parts/ 1yr labor/ 1yr on-site/ 1yr carry-in
$1,368.00 $1,368.00
Subtotal: $1,368.00 |
