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To: Tweaker who wrote (49146)	6/26/1998 1:52:00 PM
From: SecularBull	Respond to of 176387

It was meaningful, but on a much more cursory level than I was considering. LoD

To: Tweaker who wrote (49146)	6/26/1998 2:03:00 PM
From: Tweaker	Respond to of 176387

Cheap PC's interactive.wsj.com The Holdout Direct-order PC vendor Dell Computer Corp. has thrived without offering a single product in the sub-$1,000 market. Instead, the Austin, Texas, company targets customers who want the latest in such technologies as digital photo editing and digital videodisks, which are still too expensive to be included on the cheapest machines. "The sub-$1,000 has a great place in the market, but [in terms of power] this is what we were shipping two years ago," sniffs Paul Bell, vice president of Dell's home and small business group, whose computers start at $1,500. Some think Dell and others who have stayed out of the sub-$1,000 market are deluding themselves. While most experts believe there will always be a cadre of hard-core users buying the most expensive machines, they also predict that the sub-$1,000 market is here to stay. Prices have fallen too far to reverse course, their reasoning goes. With Micro Design forecasting a further $88 drop in the cost of major parts this year, the $599 PC with monitor is around the corner, and a stripped-down processor for $399 is right behind. National Semiconductor is promising a "PC on a chip" that would facilitate such low prices. Manufacturers, says IDC's Mr. Lewis, "have to recognize that this is a permanent situation."