Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!zaphod!rpi!philhowr From: philhowr@unix.cie.rpi.edu (Bob Philhower) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: 486's Message-ID: Date: 14 Jan 91 21:52:18 GMT References: <655@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> <1991Jan14.171123.8461@demott.com> <958@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM> Distribution: na Organization: CIE, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY Lines: 20 Nntp-Posting-Host: unix.cie.rpi.edu In article <958@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM> ries@venice.sedd.trw.com (Marc Ries) writes: >In article <1991Jan14.171123.8461@demott.com> kdq@demott.com (Kevin D. Quitt) writes: > On the other hand , Gateway 2000 sells a 486 with 8 Meg installed and > a >>200<< Mb disk (no tape) for $3999.00 (this month, it was $4395 > last month). > On the other hand, a decent cached 386-33 with co-processor will be nearly the > same power as the 486-25, yet about $500 cheaper, if they are both using > the AT bus. I went through the pricing game with Gateway recently and when I got their 386-33 and their 486-25 similarly equipped (co-processor, identical disk, memory, etc) the 486 was $11 more expensive. Moral: look carefully at the configuration when comparing machines, even from the same manufacturer. Robert Philhower (philhowr@unix.cie.rpi.edu) 1000 MIPS GaAs RISC Project Rensselaer Center for Integrated Electronics CII 6111 / Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute / Troy, NY 12180 / USA