Time: Wed Nov 06 10:25:01 1996 To: From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: Great HP Deal!! Cc: Bcc: Neil Nordbrock, Electra, Alfred Adask, Art Bell, Bernie Oliver, Chris Wilder, Dean, Denver newspapers, Jean-Pierre Weingarten, Jim McCall, Joe Newman, Marcia A. Armstrong, Nancy Lord, Richard Ginn, Richard McDonald, The Arizona Republic, Tucson Citizen, TV stations, William Cooper Now, here's an offer that is going to be awfully hard to pass up: Call 1-800-994-3435 and ask for a sales rep. Metro Computer Systems is offering an entry level Hewlett Packard Pavilion for only $599 (not including the monitor). Get a 17" if you can afford it. Here are the specs, right out of their Advertising Section in PC Today, November 1996 edition, to wit: "Through a special arrangement with Hewlett-Packard, Metro Computer Systems (one of the largest authorized HP resellers in the nation) brings you a truly incredible sale on the high-quality line of HP Pavilion multimedia computers. The Pavilion incorporates the finest components on the market [Intel motherboards PM], user-friendly guides, and a slick HP Personal Page interface and backs it all with the finest technical support and warranty coverage in the industry. These are NOT stripped-down systems! Standard features of every Pavilion include: quad-speed CD-ROM drive, large-capacity hard drives (635 MB to 1.6 GB), fast data/fax/modems (14.4Kbps or 28.8Kbps), automatic telephone answering and voice mail (some with duplex speakerphones), PCI graphics accelerator, rich 16-bit sound, audiophile-quality Altec Lansing speakers, and Windows 95. Plus, more than 40 incredible software titles, including Microsoft Works, Bookshelf, Encarta, Entertainment Pack, Quicken, and much more! Prices (not including monitor) start at only $599 for the Model 5010 (DX4/100, 8MB, 635MB, 14.4 F/M/Voice) and go to $1,399 for the Model 7090 MiniTower (Pentium 133, 16MB, 1.6GB, 28.8 F/M/Voice, duplex speakerphone). Hurry, this is a limited-time special offer! To order or for more information, call METRO COMPUTER SYSTEMS at (800) 994-3435." Now, let's take a close look at this offer, because it is worthy of close scrutiny: Assume that the hardware is free (not a bad assumption, as you will see; keep reading). There are 40 integrated software titles in every Pavilion (I know, I used one on the Broderick case, until it was stolen; lousy cars never get stolen, remember that). These are going for $600 / 40 = $15 each, including all documentation and factory disks (most likely CD-ROM's, for longer life). HP is very famous for their integration skills (the name of the game now in the computer industry). Call the 800 number above and ask for a list of all the software titles; you will be astounded, because they would go for an average of $50 each, if you bought them separately (40 x $50 = $2,000, just for software). The Intel motherboards used in the Pavilion are first-class, PCI architectures (Peripheral Component Interconnect: an absolutely brilliant architectural move by Intel), which can accommodate lots of growth, e.g. Adaptec SCSI-II controllers with 15 peripherals each. Wanna JAZ, havva JAZ; wanna ZIP, havva ZIP too; wanna LAN, havva LAN; wanna all of above, havva all of above. Heeeeee Haaaaaaa! By the way, I am no financial interest in this offer, unless you call "restoring the Republic" a financial interest. More on that subject later. Gofer it, as we say in the industry. /s/ Paul Mitchell standing in for I Pobot, I (Pobot the First), who is computing Nth-base derivatives to counter boredom, and doing part-time work as an Alta Vista net-scout. Earth to Pobot, I. Answer later. Over.
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