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To: Eric Yang who wrote (62582)8/17/1998 1:21:00 PM
From: Joey Smith  Respond to of 186894
 
ALL: IBM/HP among 1st to use new Intel pdt. line

HP, IBM Ready Desktops For
New Intel Line
(08/17/98; 1:04 p.m. ET)
By Tom Davey, InformationWeek

Hewlett-Packard and IBM will be among the first
vendors to ship desktop computers based on Intel's
new processors, delivering the units as soon as the
CPUs launch on Aug. 24, industry sources say. Others,
such as Compaq, plan to have PCs available just weeks
after the introduction of the 450- MHz Pentium II and
the 300-MHz and 333-MHz Celeron processors.

The new PCs will offer low starting prices, from just
under $1,000 to a little over $2,000. More memory
and storage space will be standard on some models.
HP's Brio 8000 series, for instance, will include a
450-MHz CPU, 64 Mbytes of RAM, and a
10.1-Gbyte hard drive. The minitowers will have a 24x
rewriteable CD-ROM drive and a 10/100-Mbps
Ethernet adapter. The PCs are part of HP's
value-priced business line and will start at around
$2,100.

HP will also introduce 450-MHz Vectra VL Series 8
models. Prices start at $2,300 for units with 64 Mbytes
of RAM, a 6.4-Gbyte hard drive, and a 10/100-Mbps
Ethernet card. The systems are positioned for
customers that want highly managed PCs, and they
come with HP's TopTools and OpenView management
software. They will also support the Advanced Desktop
Management interface.

The newest network-optimized, managed PCs from
IBM, the 450- MHz PC 300 PL series, will start at
$1,890, with 64 Mbytes of RAM, a 4.2-Gbyte hard
drive, and a 10/100-Mbps Ethernet card with Wake on
LAN and Alert on LAN remote-management
capabilities. The 450-MHz PC 300 GL series, starting
at $1,690, will form part of IBM's value-oriented
business line, with 64 Mbytes of RAM and a 3.2-Gbyte
hard drive.

Martin J. Garvey also contributed to this story



To: Eric Yang who wrote (62582)8/17/1998 2:15:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 186894
 
Eric,
RE:"In addition to the built-in mic, there is also a sound input on the right side of the iMac. There are a total of three output ports (mini-jacks) for headsets on the iMac."

I wonder why the rep didn't point that out? I saw only two headphone jacks on the front. Where is the other one.

When I mentioned how Apple blundered in the eighties by not licensing the hardware and concentrating on software, he replied. "If Apple had done that then the Apple world would be in the same state as the PC world. No standards, nothing fits etc."
I laughed and said..."Yeah and Apple would own 92% of the market instead of 8%!"
These Apple guys are Macs through to the core.

Jim