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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: IBM's new System 2 Personal Computers
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Date: Tue, 7-Apr-87 16:53:08 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr  7 16:53:08 1987
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In article <8704052015.AA09396@cory.Berkeley.EDU>, dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes:
> 
> 	I don't believe IBM has been listening to it's user community.
> There new entry level machine is using a #@$ 8086!  None of their new
> machines are "clone smashers", especially their top-of-the-line micro, which
> is way overpriced.
> 
> 					-Matt

Price performance wise, the model 80 is a steal!! It is 3.5 times faster than
an AT for 1.5 times the INVESTMENT!  I say investment because I just sold
my AT for merely 400 less than what I paid for the thing in the first place
(paid = 4200);  Try that with a clone!