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To: miraje who wrote (49269)3/3/1998 6:50:00 PM
From: Maverick  Respond to of 186894
 
CPQ introduces $1,499 180-MHz Cyrix MediaGX-based note book
Compaq To Enter The $1,500 Notebook Fray
(03/03/98; 11:19 a.m. EST)
By Roger C. Lanctot, Computer Retail Week

Compaq will join Fujitsu PC in the $1,500 notebook computer
market March 18 with the Presario 1215, a 180-MHz Cyrix
MediaGX-based notebook that just began shipping to retail
accounts.

Although the Presario 1215 has a suggested retail price of
$1,699, the advertised price guideline set for its March 18 ad
embargo date is $1,499, retailers said.

"I can only imagine what that's going to do to my Fujitsu
business," said one retail buyer who requested anonymity. "That
[Compaq] product will be hot."

The Presario 1215 comes with 24 megabytes of static RAM
(SRAM) , a 1.6-gigabyte hard drive, a 20X CD-ROM, a
56-kilobit-per-second fax modem, and a 12.1-inch
high-performance addressing display.

The Compaq model matches up against the Fujitsu LifeBook
765DX, which is available in retail stores for $1,499. The
LifeBook comes with a 12.1-inch dual scan display, a 166-MHz
Intel Pentium processor with MMX technology, 16 MB of SRAM,
a 2-GB hard drive, a 56-Kbps fax modem, and a 20X CD-ROM