From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Thu Feb 22 2001 - 16:05:47 EST
4 to 6 months.. of original price..
next iteration will not be all that much more than the current version..
like the 770X vs. the 770Z i think..
this is all a guess based upon prior experience and some small info on what
may be coming..
this does not take into account the herd mentality of the buying public,
ibm's (or their suppliers) abilility or lack thereof, to deliver product and
so forth..
Cordially, :-)
Bill Morrow
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Ryland" <cpr_at_emsoftware.com>
To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 5:07 PM
Subject: when will A21P dumping start?
> I know it's a bit early to ask, but I wonder when people estimate that
A21Ps
> will be plentiful and cheap (e.g., 50% of their current prices).
>
> I think it was 1 year after I bought my 770E that the price had dropped at
> the big mail order places by that much.
>
> (I tend to buy two of each laptop, so I always have a backup, but of
course
> don't want to spend too much. ;-)
>
> I've got an A21P now, and wonder if one of the cheaper A20's would
function
> as a backup, e.g., where I could swap in a disk and go? (And, yes, in the
> worst case (disk loss), do a restore from backup on the 2nd machine and
go.)
>
> Thoughts?
> --
> Cheers!
> Chris Ryland
> Em Software, Inc.
> www.emsoftware.com
>
>
>
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