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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Profits who wrote (27409)	12/31/1997 2:02:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575551

Profits - Re: "And they've already lost the sub $1000 market." You're not keeping up! Intel may be the DOMINANT sub $1000, sub $700 CPU supplier! {==========================} Compaq hits new low: $699 By Brooke Crothers NEWS.COM December 30, 1997, 6:30 p.m. PT URL: news.com update A Presario model from Compaq (CPQ) has pushed the price of a full-featured PC to as low as $699. With the Presario 4212ES, Compaq appears to be shattering yet another price barrier and possibly setting the stage for a new category of consumer systems priced well below $1,000. This model has also been sold to schools. Interestingly, the price point is being achieved with an Intel MMX Pentium processor, not an alternative chip from Cyrix or Advanced Micro Devices. The $699 Presario 4212ES is being sold through Computer Discount Warehouse (CDW), a major PC reseller, as a special holiday bundle. The box alone is $699; with a monitor the system sells for $899. "It's an excellent price point. "They'll keep hitting [the sub-$1,000 market] harder and harder," said Matt Sargent, an analyst at Computer Intelligence, a market research firm. By comparison, another Compaq model, the Cyrix-based Presario 2200, has been selling for $799 without a monitor and $999 with a monitor. The 4212ES comes with a 166-MHz MMX Pentium processor, a 2.1GB hard drive, a CD-ROM drive, a built-in Ethernet network connection, 16MB of memory, a 14-inch monitor, and software bundle including Microsoft Works, Microsoft Bookshelf, and Microsoft Encarta for $899. The system also boasts MPEG video playback technology and two Universal Serial Bus (USB) connections. 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. Options can be added externally by plugging them into the available ports. Like all PCs, the system comes with external connections such as serial and parallel ports as well as the USB ports. The USB connections allow hook up of consumer electronic products such as digital cameras. {===========================} Paul

To: Profits who wrote (27409)	12/31/1997 3:53:00 PM
From: DRBES	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575551

re: " Maybe one upgrade but why do you think they'll get three upgrades? " Because that is what they have announced. I suggest that you stop shooting from the hip. The answer that I gave was researched and carefully thought out. If you want to spar with the likes of yousef and you find those exercises to be your proper element keep it up. The more reasonable of us that remain will probably choose to ignore you. BTW my commitment in AMD shares is relatively large and has been very long term. I find it more productive to look with a critical eye than with the "rah rah rah!" approach that seems to be your trademark. Regardless: Goodluck to you. DARBES