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To: gnuman who wrote (50820)3/19/1998 5:08:00 PM
From: BelowTheCrowd  Respond to of 186894
 
Gene,

Interesting article.

But note that this is for a "business PC." These usually have smaller HDDs, slower graphics, no on-board sound, and none of the software goodies that usually come with a "consumer" PC, though they often come with a network card pre-installed.

As a result, typical pricing is $100-200 cheaper than a "consumer" PC with the same processor. Which is about right. 233MHZ PII machines are getting phased out, but would typically sell in the $1300-$1400 range.

Celeron is targeted at the $1000-1200 CONSUMER market, and will probably find it's way down below $1000 pretty quickly.

mg



To: gnuman who wrote (50820)3/20/1998 12:35:00 AM
From: Paul Engel  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 186894
 
Gene - Re: " IBM PII system dips to $1099. If this keeps up who needs Celeron?"

More appropriately, who needs AMD or Cyrix?

Paul