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To: Suresh who wrote (43190)	5/13/1998 11:52:00 PM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58727

Suresha, I've observed the same thing in re Dell pricing. They refuse to offer even one notebook computer for less than $2,000, while there are scads of top-tier vendors out there offering for less. Examples Notebooks, all 12.1" screens, diskette & CD. Dell, cheapest model: P200MMX, 32MB Ram, 3.2GB HD, Active matrix TFT, no modem: $2,199 Toshiba: P200MMX, 32MB Ram, 2.0GB HD, DS screen, 56K modem: $1,499 IBM: P166MMX, 16MB Ram, 2.1GB HD, DS screen, no modem, $1,399 Fujitsu: P166MMX, 32MB Ram, 2.0GB HD, HC DSTN scrn, 56K modem, $1,598 Compaq Presario (a.k.a. the Dell notebook killer, IMO:) P200MMX, 32MB Ram, 2.1GB HD, HCSTN scrn, 56K modem $1,399 P200MMX, 32MB Ram, 2.1GB HD, TFT scrn, 56K modem, $1,699 P233MMX, 32MB Ram, 2.1GB HD, HCSTN scrn, 56K modem, $1,799 P233MMX, 32MB Ram, 3.2GB HD, HCSTN scrn, 56K modem, $1,999 P233MMX, 48MB Ram, 3.2GB HD, TFT scrn, 56K modem, $2,199 Note the system in bold above is the same price as Dell's cheapest, yet the Compaq gives a faster processor and 16MB more ram, with all else being equal, PLUS Compaq throws in a 56K modem, which Dell makes you pay extra for. Source: nwcd.com