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To: John M. Zulauf who wrote (5421)	12/19/1998 12:55:00 PM
From: vincent bilotta	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14451

the most intresting question of what SGI has to offer isn't the price, it's what will distribution and marketing of this newbox/newOS/new market/new capability look like and act like. from the specs that appeared and quickly disappeared from this forum, features such as 400mbs 1394 and wide fast bandwidth in a box that supports generic sub $1K video editing software pits this machine head to head with Apple's January offerings. SGI has focused on uncompressed D1 and film applications up til now. if they are sucessful, the success will be in sales to market segments and tiers they have never dealt with, and for the most part have held in contempt. if SGI has weeded out the hubris and distaste for the unwashed, this launch will be a historic success. if SGI's culture looks down on borg buyers as second class customers, doom and gloom will be the story. vincent

To: John M. Zulauf who wrote (5421)	12/20/1998 6:05:00 PM
From: Kirk Vanden	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14451

The $6,999 was for an SGI "base" system. As I mentioned in a previous post a more "typical" configuration that is likely to be purchased would be in the low to mid teens. The Dell price you quoted in most likely correct, but that is with more memory, disk, a monitor, etc.. than the SGI bare bones $6,999 base configuration. I would expect similar systems from Dell and SGI to be close in price, but the SGI will have better performance. This is what I think SGI's plans are for competing with Dell and similar companies. Kirk