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Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?

Subject: Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
From: Bob Retelle <bobr1@provide.net>
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 16:04:14 -0400
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy, comp.sys.amstrad.8bit, comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.atari.8bit, comp.sys.atari.advocacy, comp.sys.atari.st, comp.sys.cbm, comp.sys.sinclair
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On Sun, 15 Jul 2001 13:56:48 GMT, "william strutts"
<wrstrutts1@home.com> wrote:

>"Beyonder" <beyonder@vrx.net> wrote in message
>rcb3lt0t5lkofiocf6i3e3bap6vfivfqpi@4ax.com">news:rcb3lt0t5lkofiocf6i3e3bap6vfivfqpi@4ax.com...
>> You people are insane.
>> for $300 you can get a high end pentium 3 system, loaded.
>> for $100 more you can get a high end 1.4gig system, loaded.
>> and these are retail prices! that doesn't include monitor, but who
>> cares?
>>
>> get with the times.
>>
>> B
>
>I don't think so.  Maybe for around $600 you could
>do that.  What world do you come from anyway.  The
>gigahertz processors cost over $1000 in the store in
>a built system.  The processor alone would cost a couple
>hundred retail.
>
>--

Umm...  go to  www.pricewatch.com  and click on "Processors - PC"

AMD  1Ghz Athlon CPU with 266 FSB are selling for as low as $81.

Complete 1Ghz Athlon SYSTEMs are selling for as low as $350

(Mid Twr, 20HD, 128 Mem, 50XCD, Floppy, Snd, 8MVideo, 56KModem,
2 USB, 120W Spk,KB/MS)


Like he said... it's the times...


BobR

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