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From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: AMD 80c287 vs Intel 80287: 100% alike?
Message-ID: <2750@sixhub.UUCP>
Date: 28 Dec 90 00:07:03 GMT
References: <1990Dec19.214312.37117@eagle.wesleyan.edu> <1990Dec24.192521.27064@hoss.unl.edu> <1990Dec26.143557.4591@bilver.uucp> <1990Dec27.152709.12011@convex.com>
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In article <1990Dec27.152709.12011@convex.com> pekkala@convex.com (Rick Pekkala) writes:
| I like it too, captive markets - plahhhh!  I can see '486 machines
| selling for $2K!!!  Got to love it, come on AMD kick b*tt!

  Yes, there are a number of 486 machines selling for $2k, but to get
one with display and hard disk you still have to go about $3k. Of
course if you compare the 486 with the 386+387+cache you will find the
486 a lot cheaper in terms of $/MIP (or your favorite benchmark).

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