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To: Jay who wrote (41722)	12/8/1997 6:57:00 AM
From: Harry Sharp	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Jay, >>>>The 15' monitor is $500. The P-200 MMX is 1499, the P-233 MMX is 1699 and the PII-233 is 2199. <<< $2,199 for a 233 Pentium II is awfully high. If you are not hung up on "name brands" you can get a 266 PII including a 17" monitor, 32meg ram, 4gig HD, 56k modem CD ROM, sound, software, etc for the same price. >>>> 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.<<< OTOH, at the current rate of advancement you will only be "happy" with the PII you buy now for about six months longer than you would be with a 200MMX. Harry