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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (25466)1/21/1998 12:34:00 AM
From: Skeeter Bug  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 132070
 
>>why would anyone buy a Gateway at a higher price than a
Compaq, a Hewlett, and IBM, or any other retail box?<<

b/c computers are more powerful and so cheap relative to history that people didn't focus on RELATIVE cost, just absolute cost.

They will focus on relative cost eventually. just not this last christmas.

btw, APPLE MADE MONEY!



To: Knighty Tin who wrote (25466)1/21/1998 8:53:00 PM
From: Thomas M.  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 132070
 
Amen, brother!
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After scouring the computer retail universe for a couple of months, I concluded that GTW longs aren't the dumbest people around. GTW customers are.

Tom