Time: Wed Nov 06 10:21:38 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 representative.

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.  Earth 
to Pobot, I.  Over.
      


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