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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bruce Russell who wrote (36001)	8/14/1998 7:20:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574102

Bruce, I see a 24x ide cd rom for $32 and a 32x for $39 on pricewatch so I could even be too high. I see a 56k internal modem for $29 and a 33.6 for $21...so in quantity I think I'm not too far off. I've bought Mitsumi keyboards for $8 and floppy drives for $10 so I know those are in the ballbark. I know a guy in Miami that assembles simms and sells 16 meg for $10. So I know that's doable. Speakers abound at $5-$6 as do cases for $20 at shows so I suppose $15 for a case is doable in quantity. I know guys that would assemble these GXs all day long for $25 a piece and be happy to take home $200-$250 a day. I'd say such a machine would have been cutting edge about 1.5 years ago the modem aside. Jim