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From: davidsen@sungod.crd.ge.com (William Davidsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 486/25 Power Platform for PS/2 70-A21
Keywords: Intel 80486, PS/2 70, AIX, cost
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Date: 21 Jul 89 19:03:47 GMT
References: <19000@gatech.edu>
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In article <19000@gatech.edu> ken@gatech.edu (Ken Seefried III) writes:
| I have a little bit of marketing info on this product, and I have a
| few questions:
| 
| What will it cost and when will it ship?

  I saw the product anouncement on this last week, and I believe it
ships 4th quarter. The price is breathtaking... $4k, and they *keep*
your 386 board! There was a sentence saying something like ``the
customer may retain his 387 chip if for some reason he wants to.''

  For six grand I bet I can buy a whole computer by 2Q90, providing I
get it from someone else. Watch _Computer Shopper_ on this one. The IBM
upgrade is good for those with lots of money and a desperate need, in my opinion.

	bill davidsen		(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM)
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"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me