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To: Paul Engel who wrote (27349)	12/30/1997 11:23:00 PM
From: Buckwheat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574683

Paul,,, that's great!! Only they took a little more than the L2 Cache away this time. "The 4212ES offers no ability to add extra options inside the box, however. "You get what you see. You buy the box and get what's in the box and that's it," said a CDW representative, alluding to the lack of internal expansion." I hate to see that Compaq let themselves get sucked into this one with Intel? Wonder how many repeat buyers they'll get? I hope Intel gets plenty of Intel Inside stickers on these. Buckwheat

To: Paul Engel who wrote (27349)	12/31/1997 1:25:00 AM
From: greg nus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574683

Paul, Sound like you can get the same Acer system with aMd 166 with monitor for the same price at wal mart. so how seriouse is that. everyone hows wally does'nt overcharge or take advantage of shcool kids milk money.

To: Paul Engel who wrote (27349)	12/31/1997 2:11:00 PM
From: Profits	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574683

Paul, Notice they are doing this with an Intel MMX processor. Remember back when Compaq announced they were staying with Intel and wouldn't use the K6. That is when Intel gave Compaq an incredible discount on trailing edge Pentium with MMX (166 for around $70). In return, Compaq agreed to not use the K6 in their Presario SKUs. This sounds like unfair trade practices to me. Since then, Intel has had to lower their Pentium with MMX pricing to Packard Bell, Dell, and Gateway (the other Intel houses). But there's really only one company with the lowest price and that's Compaq. That's because they are the #1 PC manufacturer in the world. Profits