Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu!news From: smsmith@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M. Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: $2100 486-25? Message-ID: <1991Jan8.184557.7267@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu> Date: 8 Jan 91 18:45:57 GMT References: <1991Jan8.060333.8002@grape.ecs.clarkson.edu> Sender: news@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu Organization: The Ohio State University (IRCC) Lines: 31 Nntp-Posting-Host: hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu millernw@clutx.clarkson.edu (Neal Miller) writes: > >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? Yeah, it's kind of neat, huh? --except for those of you who bought your screaming 486 two months ago! Ha! Ha! Ha! (sinister laugh) Here's the last 3 months of ads for Gateway... NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY 486-25 486-25 486-25 4 MEG RAM 8 MEG RAM 8 MEG RAM both size floppies both size floppies both size floppies 150 MEG HD 200 MEG HD 200 MEG HD SVGA (512k) SVGA (1 MEG) SVGA (1 MEG) (other stuff) (other stuff) (other stuff) PRICE: $5295 PRICE: $4395 PRICE: $3995 Well, they always say "if in doubt, wait a few more months!" S. "Stevie" Smith \ + / ,,@ ircc.ohio-state. \ + / {7%*@,..":27g)-=,#*:.#,/6&1*.4-,l@#9:-) " edu> \ + / BTW, WYSInaWYG \ + / --witty.saying.ARC