Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!asylum!futures!scott From: scott@Futures.COM (Scott Boyd) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Gateway 2000 Drops Prices Again! Message-ID: <8124@futures.Futures.COM> Date: 15 Dec 90 00:50:25 GMT References: Organization: Commodity Futures, Inc. Woodside, CA Lines: 43 In clong@remus.rutgers.edu (Captain Trott) writes: >25 MHz 486 >8 Meg RAM >64K RAM cache >Weitek socket >3.5 & 5.25 floppies >Windows 3.0 & MS mouse >1024 SVGA board & monitor >Fujitsu keyboard >200 MB hard drive >MS-DOS 3.3 or 4.01 >Toll free technical support. >1 year on site service. >$3995! <- NOT a typo. Big Deal! Prices are now below $3000 for 486-25 systems from local vendors here. A typical system from Price Club is $2999 and that is a little high. It consists of: 25 MHz 486 2 Meg RAM Weitek socket 3.5 & 5.25 floppies Windows 3.0 & mouse 1024 SVGA board & monitor 101 key keyboard 106 MB IDE hard drive MS-DOS 4.01 Toll free technical support. 30 day money back no questions asked guarantee 1 year service If I add the extra RAM, the 64K cache, and larger drive its still only about $3500. A $500 savings! -- +---------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | Scott Boyd | SPARC spelled backwards is what Sun does unto | | scott@Futures.COM | their Intel based customers. | +---------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+