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To: Ken Pomaranski who wrote (9292)	4/20/1999 5:18:00 PM
From: Pacing The Cage	Respond to of 10072

>>The system will feature a built in 56K modem for Internet access and gameplay. It features a 200 MHz 128-bit processor from Hitachi for a CPU. The Dreamcast is capable of running games designed for Microsoft's Windows CE operating system.<< >> priced at US$199.<< Sounds like they have a lot of hardware packed in there for $199.00. Do you think they are selling at or below cost and counting on high margin game sales to make a profit? >>Not the way it's currently designed. External power source + power hungry + fragile media + EXPENSIVE!<< 1) Of course not the way it is currently designed. It would have to be an internal unit that piggybacked off of the host power supply. 2) From what I understand, it is very power efficient. 3) This is the first mention that I have seen of "Fragile Media". Can you elaborate? If it is anything like the Zip (and I suspect that it is) you can throw one of the disks across the room without damage. 4) Expensive? We don't know how much they are going to charge OEMs yet, but if they can sell Zip drives for under $50.00 and make a profit it would make sense that they could do the same with Clik!