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To: Tomcat who wrote (26785)	1/2/1998 3:56:00 PM
From: hpeace	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

TOMCAT, anyone that buys a compusa pc over dell to save $50 bucks is a fool. these dealers thnking they can mfg'er pc's is like Exxon thinking they can make cars because they repair them and pump gas and put oil and water in them. check their record. dealers and even intel have mfg'ed pcs in the past. then given up bec. of the quality of the product and they couldn't make any money at it.

To: Tomcat who wrote (26785)	1/2/1998 4:14:00 PM
From: Meathead	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Your right... $1176... it comes with nothing... you must strip everything off and then some. That's not a system... Technically however, it's under $1200. Do you think they are generating a new national advertisement based on a PentiumII system with 16MB mem, 2GB HD and no monitor, CDROM, modem, sound or speakers? $1325 with basics but no monitor. Maybe Jim did see a P2 commercial yesterday. The CompUSA staff was totally unaware of this today however. And... this was not a price point available yesterday... it seems to be new. Apologies to JP. MEATHEAD

To: Tomcat who wrote (26785)	1/2/1998 4:39:00 PM
From: Meathead	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

However... That same CompUSA system configured to match a similar Dell (both w/o monitor) again, Dell is cheaper. For: P2 233Mhz, 32MB SDRAM, 4.3GB HD, Matrox MII 8MB video, modem, speakers, CDROM, 3yr warranty Dell = $1779.00 CPU = $1807.00 Maybe nothing's changed since yesterday... Shows once again it's a configuration and bundling game to entice people in with deceptively lower price points. If you could configure a Dell system down as far as the CPU, you'd probably beat $1179. MEATHEAD