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- From: barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N. Barrett)
- Subject: Re: clone prices & doom & gloom
- Message-ID: <C0Au54.8n0@news.iastate.edu>
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- References: <1993Jan3.185526.14646@samba.oit.unc.edu>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 22:22:16 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan3.185526.14646@samba.oit.unc.edu> John.Carver@launchpad.unc.edu (John Carver) writes:
- >
- >I just saw, at a major computer store, a 486/33 machine from a major clone
- >vendor advertized for $999. This $999 price *inluded* a 15 inch monitor,
- >SVGA graphics in 1024x768x8, and a 2400 modem.
- >
- >Alas I think there is no way Commodore can compete with that. Even
- >though Commodore clearly has a better, more powerful system, quality
- >does *not* sell computers. Price sells computers.
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- You're wrong. Software sells computers. Price is important but secondary.
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- | Marc Barrett -MB- | email: barrett@iastate.edu
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