TITLE

PC price `rotation' grows

AUTHOR(S)

Bournellis, Cynthia

PUB. DATE

March 1997

SOURCE

Electronic News;3/3/97, Vol. 43 Issue 2157, p6

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports on the rotation of prices in the personal computer market of the United States. Original equipment manufacturers' (OEMs) efforts to sell Pentium with MMX machines; Intel's Pentium and Pentium Pro price adjustments; Need for OEMs to improve market share and maintain a lead position; HP's attack against the MediaGX-based Presario.

ACCESSION #

9703203625

 

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