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To: Brian Hutcheson who wrote (31260)	4/7/1998 5:58:00 PM
From: Maverick	Respond to of 1572013

IBM ships $1,399 K6-266 Aptiva E56, $1,499 K6-300 Aptiva E84 SOMERS, N.Y., April 7 (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp said Tuesday it began shipments of two new models in its Aptiva line of home personal computers, including the first PC to use the new 300-megahertz K6 microprocessor from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. IBM makes K6 chips for AMD under a production agreement announced in February. IBM said the new systems, excluding monitors, were priced at an estimated $1,399 for the Aptiva E56, a model that includes a 266-megahertz processor and $1,499 for the Aptiva E84 with a faster 300-megahertz chip.