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To: Paul Engel who wrote (37098)	9/18/1998 6:41:00 PM
From: Maverick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571206

350MHz AMD K6-2 system from Acer bundled with a 15-inch monitor and printer at $1,399 Ad Watch Roger C. Lanctot Following a week when Intel swamped retail circulars with systems based on new processors, AMD reclaimed some lost ground during the Labor Day weekend with a new processor of its own, the 350MHz K6-2, and a variety of system bundles at sub-$1,500 prices. None of the AMD deals held a candle to the screaming $799 266MHz Cyrix MII bundle offered by Best Buy, but retailers teamed up with AMD to send a clear message that for the same price as a Pentium II-based system with monitor, a clone customer could get a printer as well. There were five AMD K6-2 printer/system/monitor bundles, in total, offered by Best Buy and Circuit City. Although only one was advertised at a sub-$1,000 price, all had after-rebate prices well below $1,500. At the same time, there were only two Pentium II bundles that included printers; one of those, a 300MHz Monorail system on the front of the CompUSA flyer, had a competitive price. Best Buy's offer on a 350MHz AMD K6-2 system from Acer bundled with a 15-inch monitor and printer at $1,399 looked like a significantly better deal than IBM's Aptiva E4N, based on the same processor, with a 14-inch monitor and a Lexmark printer at an after-rebate price of $1,499.99. Pentium II-based systems still accounted for two-thirds of retail systems advertised by national retailers. CompUSA introduced its first-ever CompUSA PC flyer in the middle of its weekend circular, offering preconfigured and configure-to-order systems. All preconfigured systems were based on Pentium II processors, all came priced as configured with monitors included, and none was priced below $849. The most expensive system, though, was a $1,899 PC based on a 450MHz Pentium II. Best Buy's emphasis on new suppliers continued with a 300MHz AMD K6-2 system from Everex and a 266MHz K6-based notebook computer from Umax offered with a free (after-rebate) scanner.