Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!news.cs.indiana.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!midway!ellis.uchicago.edu!bcp1 From: bcp1@ellis.uchicago.edu (bruce christian paul) Subject: Re: IBM notebooks Message-ID: <1991May20.212328.236@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (NewsMistress) Organization: University of Chicago References: <1991May20.061714.21939@en.ecn.purdue.edu> Date: Mon, 20 May 1991 21:23:28 GMT In article <1991May20.061714.21939@en.ecn.purdue.edu> nichols@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Scott P Nichols) writes: > >I find myself wondering if this price decrease will affect their new >notebook (price: $3,800) and if it does, at what price would it be worth >it to buy IBM over TI or Zeos? > >Any thoughts, comments, anecdotes??? I doubt it will affect the price of their other machines. The reason they dropped the price on the RS/6k is the HP Snake. I true IBM fashion, they are doing anything to keep market share. bcp -- Bruce Christian Paul "If she had half a mind, you'd be about even. 1155 E. 60th Street ...You were a party to her innocence; Chicago, IL 60637 You crashed it early and you crashed it often." 312/702-3132 -Eleventh Drean Day