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- Dell ships first 20 MHz 386sx-based machine
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- On Monday March 19, Dell Computer introduced a desktop PC based on Intel's
- 20-MHz 80386SX. This is the first 20-MHz 386SX system on the market, providing
- approximately 25 percent higher performance than typical 16 MHz 386SX-based
- systems.
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- The Dell 320LX is priced at $2,899, and this includes 1 MB RAM, 40 MB hard
- disk, a VGA monochrome monitor, and seven ISA expansion slots. Thus, the 320LX
- is priced about $650 more than a similar configuration of the 16 MHz SX Dell
- system, and $600 less than the 20-MHz 80386-based Dell system.
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- We think that this announcement signals greater competition in the $1,500 to
- $3,500 price range. Street prices of color 20-MHz 386SX machines with hard
- disks will probably approach $3,000. Street prices of color 16-MHz 386SX
- machines with hard disks are now dropping below $2,000. These aggressively
- priced systems, when combined with Windows 3.0, will be important competitors
- throughout 1990.
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- IMPACT ON APPLE: As we’ve said before, it’s vital that customers consider the
- full range of what a computer can do, and not just judge it by price and
- superficial interface. The new 386sx systems will make that even more
- important.
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