To: AK2004 who wrote (55533 ) 9/16/2001 2:10:57 PM From: Dan3 Respond to of 275872 September 16 - Things haven't been changing as quickly as they were for a while, but CompUSA had an ad this week, so it seemed worth doing the list - it also represents a little bit of a return to normalcy. b=Best Buy c=Circuit City u=CompUSA o=Office Depot Note that some details (flat screen monitor, amount of memory, better printer, etc) means the relative value of these systems is not completely reflected in the prices listed below. There are now so many free offers, etc. that I've stopped trying to equalize for them. These are the advertised prices after rebates (I still exclude any rebate that requires signing up for AOL or Compuserve since that would add to the system cost). DesktopsBrand Chip speed Monitor Disk Plus Printer Price eMachines Celeron 900 17 30 RW Yes $499b eMachines Celeron 900 17 20 RW Yes $499c Compaq Celeron 800 15 20 Yes $749u HP Celeron 900 15 30 RW Yes $899b HP Celeron 900 15 30 RW Yes $899u HP PIII 1000 17 40 DVD RW Yes $1,049b Sony P4 1300 None 40 DVD RW No $1,099u Compaq Athlon 1200 17 40 DVD RW Yes $1,099b HP PIII 1000 15 40 DVD RW Yes $1,149u Compaq Athlon 1200 17 40 DVD RW Yes $1,199o HP P4 1500 17 40 DVD RW No $1,300b HP P4 1300 15 40 DVD RW Yes $1,349u HP P4 1300 17 40 DVD RW Yes $1,349b Micron Athlon 1400 15LCD 40 RW Yes DDR $1,399b NotebooksBrand Chip speed Monitor Disk Plus RAM Price Compaq Celeron 800 13.3 10 DVD 128 $1,049b Toshiba Celeron 800 13.3 15 DVD 128 $1,099u Toshiba Celeron 800 13.3 15 DVD 128 $1,099c Compaq Athlon4 1000 13.3 10 DVD 128 $1,199o Compaq Athlon4 1000 14.1 20 DVD CDRW 128 $1,499b Compaq PIII 800 14.1 20 DVD CDRW 128 $1,579u Toshiba PIII 1000 14.1 20 DVD 128 $1,599u HP PIII 850 15 20 DVD CDRW 128 $1,649b Sony PIII 800 15 20 DVD CDRW 128 $1,699u Compaq PIII 850 14.1 20 DVD CDRW 192 $1,699c Compaq PIII 1000 15 20 DVD CDRW 192 $1,799b Compaq PIII 900 15 30 DVD CDRW 128 $1,829u HP PIII 1000 15 20 DVD CDRW 256 $1,899b