April, 8 2002
First of all I need to clarify. There is no need to panic. We are still in business. Last week we changed our T1 line to another new provider. Because our phones and data are both on the same T1, our phones were down for a short time and our website was also down for a while. Dependability in the telephone industry is becoming more and more difficult. I had a lot of people call and email us because they thought we had gone under like so many others. We are doing fine, thanks for the concern.
Since the introduction of the Intel 845 chipset, the sale of P4 processors has increased while the price has decreased. It appears that P4’s are now much more economical than P3’s. A simple comparison of systems we build:
|
P4 1.6 Ghz |
Cost |
P3 1.2 Ghz |
Cost |
|
CI68U2 CASE |
33.50 |
SAME |
33.50 |
|
SUPERMICRO P4SBA+ MAINBOARD |
124.00 |
QDI ADVANCE 10 MAINBOARD |
79.00 |
|
P4 1.6 CPU |
150.00 |
P3 1.26 CPU |
204.00 |
|
256 MB PC 133 SDRAM |
61.00 |
SAME |
61.00 |
|
ATI XPERT 2000 VGA 32MB |
39.00 |
SAME |
39.00 |
|
MITSUMI FLOPPY |
10.00 |
SAME |
10.00 |
|
IBM 40GB HARD DRIVE |
87.00 |
SAME |
87.00 |
|
BTC CD ROM DRIVE |
30.00 |
SAME |
30.00 |
|
WINDOWS XP HOME |
99.00 |
SAME |
99.00 |
|
LABOR |
25.00 |
SAME |
25.00 |
|
Total |
658.50 |
|
667.50 |
400 Mhz higher clock speed for $9 less! Why are you still building Pentium 3’s?? I hope this sheds some light on the potential.
Traditionally this time of year is one of the slowest for the industry. We hope you are staying busy. We have seen a continual increase in sales since the beginning of the year. We hope this is a sign that the economy is on the mend.
S&K