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Subject: Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
From: "william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 21:55:01 GMT
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"Bob Retelle" <bobr1@provide.net> wrote in message
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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...
>

He said Pentium III processor not Athlon AMD processors!!

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