Re: Fair Price for TP755CX/40MB/510HD

[Richard Chalk <rchalk@atl.mindspring.com>]

Don't forget that the 755CX has an SVGA Display, and built-in DSP/Modem.
Make sure your comparisons are similar.

Richard




At 10:41 AM 7/31/96 EDT, Robert Dewar wrote:
>"I sold my TP755cx with 810MB and 24MB for $3000 a few weeks ago in the
>local paper.  There were five or so people interested and it sold right
>away.  Good Luck"
>
>Well that shows that you should try for a high price if you can get it!
>
>For comparison, a brand new Thinkpad 560 with 100MHz Pentium,
>810 hard drive, 11.2 dual scan (NOT tft, which makes it not directly
>comprable) and 8 megs goes for $2699
>
>A brand new Samsung Sens with 100MHz PEntium, acitve 10.4, 8MB RAM
>810 hard drive, is $1899
>
>A brand new Thinkpad 365E, with 100MHz 5x86c, 8 mb memory, 540 hard
>disk, is $1799
>
>Those are RCS prices, from this last Tuesday
>
>>From DataVision,
>
>Thinkpad 560, 12.1" active color, 8 MB RAM, 810 hard drive, 120MHz
>Pentium is $3679 -- that seems superior in every way to the CX I
>would think, so it provides some basis for comparison. This is also
>a brand new price.
>
>
>>From Excel
>
>Thinkpad 760ELD, 12.1" active color, 810 Hard drive, 4X CD ROM,
>8MB memory, 100MHz Pentium is $4395 new. 
>
>>From these new prices, $3000 for the 755cx sounds like it is way
>over-priced, but hey! if you can get it, why not?
>
>

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