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To: LK2 who wrote (2186)	1/11/1998 11:39:00 PM
From: Gottfried	Respond to of 9256

Larry, I bought a machine like that last May, except my DD is 3.2GB and it's an ordinary CD-ROM and a 33kbaud modem: $1,500 And I thought that was a great price. :( GM

To: LK2 who wrote (2186)	1/12/1998 12:09:00 AM
From: Frodo Baxter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9256

Too bad Jubak got the specs all wrong. The Compaq emphatically does not have a 6.5G drive or a DVD-ROM. compaq.com Has anyone noticed you can get a similar deal from HP, but with Intel Inside? It's my opinion that HP got preferential pricing to expand the segment zero market, a deal that was withheld from Compaq because of her cheating heart. This wouldn't be the first time Intel has had to resort to kicking Compaq around a little to make them toe the line.

To: LK2 who wrote (2186)	1/12/1998 4:32:00 AM
From: Z Analyzer	Respond to of 9256

<<But take a look at what CPQ is selling for less than $1000. Would you believe 200 MHz chip 6.4 GB Hard Drive>> Good to see large drives making their way into low priced PCs (actually, its pretty surprising). I'd think there's a good chance the drive is a Bigfoot. Quantum hasn't been too vocal about this but it seems to me that the ideal drive for a budjet PC is a single platter, 4 GB Bigffot. Wouldn't be surprised to see this product start to pick up somre significant share and hopefuly excess capacity will keep others from following.