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From: john@newave.UUCP (John A. Weeks III)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: uP/PC rumors, please
Message-ID: <526@newave.UUCP>
Date: 28 Nov 90 22:31:09 GMT
References: <1990Nov24.193921.28119@funet.fi>
Reply-To: john@newave.mn.org (John A. Weeks III)
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In <1990Nov24.193921.28119@funet.fi> varri@korppi.tut.fi (V{rri Alpo) writes:
> The press has been talking about non-Intel fully compatible 386 chips which
> should be coming to the market soon. If this is true, will it decrease the
> price of 386- (486-) PCs significantly in the near future?

I think not.  Two reasons.  First, I have heard that Intel intents not to
sell 486 chips to any company that uses clone 386 chips.  Will any big time
computer companies dare to cross Intel and risk thier future?  Second, even
if you are brave enough to use the clone 386's, why would you price your 
machine much below anyone else's machines?  Your objective would be to have
a price advantage yet make as much as profit as possible.

> Are there other factors which might cause the prices of those
> PCs to decrease considerably soon, i.e. is it worth while to
> wait e.g. till February before buying.

Now that we are officially in rescession, expect prices to stabailize or
increase mildly.  One way you might get a really cheap 386 is to look
for some computer manufacture to go belly-up.  IMHO.

-john-

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