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In article <toma.78...@expert.cc.purdue.edu> to...@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Duke Toma) writes:
>	Why do people keep talking like Pentiums are still outragously
>priced?  There are systems available NOW for under $2000 and it hasn't
>even been cloned yet.

Except that the $2000 systems are VERY bare bones, and based on the P60, not
the '90, and don't get more than small incremental performance improvements
over your generic 486DX2/66.  I personally don't consider the Pentium 60 to
be a viable upgrade from what I have now.  (Yes, I know that the Pentium
chip has better floating point.  Name two games that use it.)

> If and when AMD and Cyrix make their own 586's
>the prices will drop considerably more.

Oh, certainly.  But you've just argued against your first point.  Pentium 90
grade processors will be dirt cheap someday, just like everything is dirt
cheap SOMEDAY, just not at the moment.


				Ron
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You can't give power to government and confine it only to those politicians
who share your ideology. -- Oliver