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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: 31 Jul 89 21:22:28 GMT
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In article <4466@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> richard@uhccux.UUCP (Richard Foulk) writes:

| IBM simply invoked it's usual sleezy approach to marketing and pre-
| announced.  Everyone else will sell one, cheaper, faster and better.
	Probably sooner, too.
| 
| How many times do you have to see the cycle to believe it?

  Actually IBM is in a no win situation here... when they didn't
pre-announce things they got a lot of noise because they "didn't let the
public in on their future products for planning purposes." Now they get
noise for pre-anouncing to spoil other's market.

  I'm certainly not an IBM lover, but in this case I think they are
being no more disreputable than any other vendor.

  I expect to see a comparable machine for less money than the list
price of the upgrade, and delivering before IBM does. The list price is
$4k for the 486, and you have to give IBM your 386, worth about $1500 at
their prices. If you have an 80387 add $1200 their (new, lower) price.

  Question: the IBM product anouncement states that you *must* hand in
your 386 when they upgrade your machine. What is IBM going to do with
all those boards? Anyone from IBM want to comment?

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