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To: Paul Dieterich who wrote (40600)	11/18/1997 2:14:00 PM
From: Xpiderman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Thanks for the sub-$1000 system sale slip story. Any speculation why sub-$1000 was blip up in August and dropped in September, maybe the "back-to-school sale"? What ever. I went to my llocal CompUSA and Best Buy stores(in Washington DC area) during the wekend, I saw only a few (some where between one to three) sub-$1000 system in display. During my 30 minutes observation, I didn't see anyone even ask about the sub-$1000 systems. The sub-$1000 system, in general, has a bare minimum configuration and does not come with a monitor, has no easy up-grade path. Anyone remember in late 1995, Packard Bell begged Intel to covert its payment to a debt to Intel? That's because Packard Bell ordered too much low-end Pentium 60/75 chips, and had very hard time to sell those low-end systems to consumers . Xy