I.B.M. enters U.S. notebook PC market

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IBM introduces two new notebook computers and plans to introduce a color notebook computer in Apr 1992. The IBM PS/2 N51 SX uses an Intel 80386SX 16-MHz chip and retails for $2,250. The street price may be $1,700 or $1,800. The IBM PS/2 N51 SLC is a $3,295 notebook computer that takes advantage of Intel's SLC line of chips and requires less battery power. The IBM CL 57 SX will cost $5,995 and will incorporate a color 10.4-inch monitor with active matrix display. The CL 57 SX uses an Intel 80386 SX chip and includes an 80-Mbyte hard drive. IBM waited a long time before developing notebook computers. Earlier laptop computers received a weak response from computer buyers. The desktop computer market is growing at about eight percent a year, while the notebook computer market grows at about 20 to 25 percent a year.

Office machines, not elsewhere classified, Product Announcement, International Business Machines Corp., IBM, Color, Laptop computers, Notebook computers, Notebook Computer, IBM PS/2 N51 SX (Notebook computer), IBM PS/2 N51 SLC (Notebook computer), IBM PS/2 CL 57 SX (Notebook computer)

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Several new offerings brought out by Digital

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DEC introduces new hardware and software products including new VAX 4000 and VAX 6000 midrange computers. DEC's new products could put the company into effective competition against reduced-instruction-set-computing (RISC) products offered by companies such as HP, Sun Microsystems Inc and IBM. DEC itself is developing a RISC-based VAX, which will be introduced in 1992. Among DEC's newly introduced products are low-priced VAX workstations. One of them, which is priced at only $3,500, is said to be the lowest priced workstation currently available. DEC's pricing strategy reflects the fierce competitive pressures that prevail in today's computer industry. DEC also announces new software programs designed to allow its products to work with competitors' computing equipment.

Prices and rates, Minicomputers, Workstations (Computers), Digital Equipment Corp., DEC, Workstations, product announcement, Competition, Minicomputer, DEC VAX 6000 660 (Minicomputer)

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