Pravin,
>>This is a mistake.
I did say that a monitor and a printer were included (also 48 MB RAM), so that would reduce price of the machine itself to ~$800-900. PB is selling 233 (24 MB RAM) MediaGX for $699, so the 266 is in the same ballpark.
I was too lazy to go to the store to check it out, but I did call a salesman. For what's it worth, here it goes.
It is a MediaGX 266, and they just got them in this weekend. "It's as good as a Pentium II at the same Mhz speed."
Mhz does sell????
"Yes, I am sure the machine is as good as Pentium II 266 computers. They run several hundred $ more"
At least we have one salesman pushing the Cyrix machines(over the phone). But I will check whether the machine is in a corner behind the refrigerators, where Paul finds them.
They also have HP Celery 266 machines with monitor and printer for $1550. Yes, Mhz does sell.
My uneducated guess is that GX266 is = Celery 266, but not as much vitamins.
My other uneducated guess is that GX266 will likely be discounted to $799, or even to $699 when they get a lot more machines. PB should sell tons of them, like Compaq did last year. After all, they are as good as PII 266 machines! : )
>>At the last conference call,
Halla said that the 266 GX had just taped out.
Do you still believe what the guy says??
Regards,
Richard |
