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To: Zen Dollar Round who wrote (16689)	8/14/1998 1:25:00 PM
From: Robert A. Decker	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213177

"A good question, one I was wondering about the other day. Has any PC company ever made an all-in-one PC, with built in monitor and floppy and/or CD-ROM drive" There's the original Compaq...

To: Zen Dollar Round who wrote (16689)	8/14/1998 4:53:00 PM
From: unkempt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

First-Dell does not have an offering in the sub 1000 PC market and have publicly stated no interest in going there. Second- Compaq has produced all in one PCs (Presarios) in the past for the consumer and education markets. They have not sold well because these companies (Compaq, Dell, IBM, etc.) really don't understand how to build or market computers for the consumer market. This is really what Apple should know how to do best. ap

To: Zen Dollar Round who wrote (16689)	8/17/1998 3:14:00 AM
From: Doug Fowler	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213177

Actually, many PC companies have produced all-in-one computers. The Compaq Presario 3000 series was a great one with a built-in 12.1" TFT LCD display. The problem is that they were pretty expensive, and Compaq stopped making them after less than a year. CompUSA salespeople claimed that the reason they stopped selling all-in-one computers was because customers didn't like them because they weren't flexible enough with regard to the monitor. I disagree. I have always liked the all-one-one systems (I bought two of the Compaqs). I like them because they take less space, they are generally easier to configure, and I think they look better. Of course, you get all those advantages with a laptop. And I now use a ThinkPad 770. (I wouldn't mind a Powerbook, once the prices come down.) And I think Apple should call its new consumer laptops the goMac.