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To: Jeff Mills who wrote (41721)12/8/1997 12:03:00 AM
From: Jay  Read Replies (1) of 186894
 
Jeff: Re "the whole $1000 PC market"

I'm planning to buy my daughter a PC as a an X-max present. The
most attractive PCs are the Sony VAIO with matching monitor and I
just have to decide which model to get.

The 15' monitor is $500. The P-200 MMX is 1499, the P-233 MMX
is 1699 and the PII-233 is 2199.

I would love to get her a PII for longevity (and also, incidentally as
an Intel bull). But the darn box makers do not price the boxes linearly
with the CPU price - so I may have to forgo a PII.

I strongly feel that until a linear realtionship between CPU price and
end-user cost (all else being equal) is established, the PII doesn't
get the the place it deserves.

OTOH if I forgo a PII - I'll probably have to get her one in 18 months
or so.

So the eternal problem shows up as usual - buy a marginal system
now for a few bucks saving and upgrade later - or buy something
that you will be happy with for quite some time.

A difficult question always - but even more so as an Intel shareholder.

Best Regards

JB

PS The good news is that soon every family member (not just
every family) is probably going to want their own PC.

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