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Friday, June 22, 2001
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/30719p-523935c.html Technology: LARRY MAGID: Buyer's market for PCs Copyright © 2001 Nando Media Copyright © 2001 Los Angeles Times Syndicate Los Angeles Times Syndicate (June 21, 2001 5:48 p.m. EDT) - This is a good time to shop for a PC. Low-cost machines, which start below $800, are powerful enough to run virtually all of today's mainstream applications. Mid-range machines - in the $1,000-to-$1,200 range - are ready for tomorrow. And, if you absolutely must own the latest and greatest, you can still get an incredible system for less than I paid for my original IBM PC back in 1982. As far as hardware is concerned, I'm not aware of any major pending breakthroughs that will cause you to regret buying now. Sure, there will be faster and maybe even cheaper PCs down the road, but nothing dramatic any time soon. The one "big thing" on the horizon is Windows XP, which will be on machines sold after Oct. 25. But most machines today will be upgradeable to Windows XP. At some point this summer, major PC makers are expected to start including coupons for a free upgrade to XP, but they're not saying when they'll begin that program....
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