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From: millernw@clutx.clarkson.edu (Neal Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: $2100 486-25?
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Date: 8 Jan 91 06:03:33 GMT
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	Well, I was just flipping through the Jan'91 issue of _Computer
Shopper_, and I think I found a record-breaker on page 466.  Get this:

286-12MHz     $399
386SX - 16MHz $649
386-25MHz     $899
386-33MHz     $1099
486-25Mhz     $2099 (!)

	I don't think these PCs come with any frills, like monitors, but
a 486-25 for two thou?!?  Am I being either cynical or suspicious about
these prices?

	For the do-it-yourself person, I see a 386-33 motherboard for under
$400.  In contrast on another page, I see a solo 486-25 motherboard for $2495
and a 386-33 motherboard for $1495.  Any comments?

      
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