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Technology Stocks : QUANTUM -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dale J. who wrote (5574)	11/23/1997 12:18:00 PM
From: Dale J.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9124

Quantum friends, check this out. It looks like Quantum is doing very well on the OEM front. Although it doesn't answer the question of competitive pricing pressure. The Home PC, Dec 1, 1997 article reviewed 20 of the best selling PC's from major PC manufactures. The article reviewed PC's at different microprocessor categories. I distilled the info down to its HD relevance. Quantum HD's showed up in 11 out of 20 of the PC's reviewed. Even IBM is using Quantum Bigfoot HD's Qntm=11, IBM=5, Maxtor=2, Seagate=1, WDC=1 266-MHz INTEL PENTIUM II PCs 1 Dell Dimension XPS D266 price: $2,499 HD: 4.3-GB Quantum Fireball 2 Gateway G6-266 price: $2,555 HD: 3.2-GB Quantum Fireball Stratus 3 IBM Aptiva S6S price: $3,998 HD: 6.4-GB Quantum Bigfoot 4 Micron Millennia XKU price: $3,948 HD: 6.4-GB IBM Deskstar 5 Ultra DMA-33 5 Quantex QP6/266 SM-3x price: $2,399 HD: 6.4-GB Seagate Medalist Pro ATA- 233-MHz INTEL PENTIUM MMX PCs 6 Acer Aspire 2181 price: $1,899 HD: 6.4-GB Quantum Bigfoot Cyclone Fast ATA- 7 Compaq Presario 4814 price: $2,398 HD: 6.4-GB Quantum Bigfoot Cyclone Fast ATA- 8 Dell Dimension XPS M233s price: $2,099 HD: 4.3-GB IBM Deskstar 4 Fast ATA- 9 Gateway G5-233 price: $2,112 HD: 3.2-GB Quantum Fireball Stratus Ultra DMA-33 10 HP Pavilion 8160 price: $2,598 HD: 6.4-GB Quantum Bigfoot Cyclone Fast ATA- 233-MHz INTEL PENTIUM MMX PCs 11 IBM Aptiva S3C price: $2,348 HD: 6.4-GB Quantum Bigfoot Cyclone Fast ATA- 12 Micron Millennia MME price: $3,438 HD: 6.4-GB IBM Deskstar 5 Ultra DMA-33 13 MidWest Micro MWH-233 price: $2,399 HD: 6.4-GB Quantum Fireball Stratus Ultra DMA-33 14 NEC Ready 97 price: $2,778 HD: 4.3-GB Maxtor CrystalMax Fast ATA- 15 Packard Bell Multimedia S615 price: $2,078 HD: 6.5-GB Maxtor DiamondMax Ultra DMA-33 16 Quantex QP5/233 M- price: $1,799 HD: 3.2-GB Western Digital Caviar EIDE 233/187.5-MHz ALTERNATIVE-PROCESSOR PCs 17 Sony PCV-150 price: $3,028 HD: 4.3-GB Quantum Fireball Stratus Ultra DMA-33 18 CyberMax A3 233 MMX price: $1,899 HD: 6.4-GB IBM Deskstar 5 Ultra DMA-33 19 CyberMax ValueMax C1 price: $1,899 HD: 6.4-GB IBM Deskstar 5 Ultra DMA-33 20 Micro Exp. -K6/233 price: $2,349 HD: 3.2-GB Quantum Fireball Stratus Ultra DMA-33