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To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (26978)	5/31/1998 3:36:00 PM
From: Richard Wang	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33344

Pravin, >>This is a mistake. I did say that a monitor and a printer were included (also 48 MB RAM), so that would reduce price of the machine itself to ~$800-900. PB is selling 233 (24 MB RAM) MediaGX for $699, so the 266 is in the same ballpark. I was too lazy to go to the store to check it out, but I did call a salesman. For what's it worth, here it goes. It is a MediaGX 266, and they just got them in this weekend. "It's as good as a Pentium II at the same Mhz speed." Mhz does sell???? "Yes, I am sure the machine is as good as Pentium II 266 computers. They run several hundred $ more" At least we have one salesman pushing the Cyrix machines(over the phone). But I will check whether the machine is in a corner behind the refrigerators, where Paul finds them. They also have HP Celery 266 machines with monitor and printer for $1550. Yes, Mhz does sell. My uneducated guess is that GX266 is = Celery 266, but not as much vitamins. My other uneducated guess is that GX266 will likely be discounted to $799, or even to $699 when they get a lot more machines. PB should sell tons of them, like Compaq did last year. After all, they are as good as PII 266 machines! : ) >>At the last conference call, Halla said that the 266 GX had just taped out. Do you still believe what the guy says?? Regards, Richard