Re: IBM Nixes Net PC
Rob Nankin (rnankin@walpub.lib.ct.us)
Wed, 10 Sep 1997 10:57:58 -0400
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 10:57:58 -0400
Message-Id: <199709101502.LAA22687@comet.connix.com>
From: Rob Nankin <rnankin@walpub.lib.ct.us>
To: Multiple recipients of list <conntech>
Subject: Re: IBM Nixes Net PC
Jim, I'm actually a little surprised at IBM's response to this market. We
have public access to the Internet at the Wallingford P.L. and several
patrons have told me they have no need for a pc but would like to have
Internet access at home. Many of these people are older and have stated
that cost is a factor. A net pc would allow them to send e-mail, do
genealogy searches and much more.
At 08:23 PM 9/9/97 -0400, you wrote:
>
>IBM NIXES NET PCs
>Three months after demonstrating a prototype, IBM now says it won't pursue
>the NetPC market after all. The NetPC is a stripped down version of a
>desktop computer, priced at around $1,000 and based on Intel microprocessors
>and Microsoft operating software. "There was a herd mentality about NetPCs
>and now we see some of the breakup of the herd," says the president of a
>Washington, D.C.-based computer consulting firm. IBM says its customers
>have indicated they'd prefer to spend a little more money and get the
>network and software management features found on full-fledged PCs. With
>hardware prices continuing to fall, "nobody can give a compelling reason why
>a NetPC makes sense," says one PC vendor. (Wall Street Journal 8 Sep 97)
>
> -- from Edupage
>
>[Whew. That was close.]
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>JMK
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