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Power to the People

MODEL               MICROPROCESSOR,        SOFTWARE
AND PRICE           MEMORY, DISK DRIVE     INCLUDED

GATEWAY G6-350      350-MHz Pentium II,    Microsoft Home Essentials,
 $1,698             64 Mb, 10 Gb           McAfee Anti-Virus

MICRON MILLENNIA    400-MHz Pentium II,    Microsoft Home Essentials
400 MICROTOWER      64 Mb, 8.4 Gb          Power Pak
 $1,649

NEC DIRECTION       450-MHz Pentium II,    Microsoft Home Essentials
SP B450 $2,200      64 Mb, 6.4 Gb

COMPAQ DESKPRO      450-MHz Pentium II,    Operating system only
EP $2,267           128 Mb, 10.1 Gb


GATEWAY G6-450      450-MHz Pentium II     Microsoft Home Essentials
 $2,499             64 Mb, 10 Gb           (Office 97 Small Business
                                           Edition is optional)

IBM APTIVA SE7      450-MHz Pentium II     ViaVoice, World Book 98,
 $3,498 (15-inch    128 Mb, 16.8 Gb        Norton AntiVirus,
flat panel monitor)                        Lotus SmartSuite 97


MODEL               THE
AND PRICE           SKINNY

GATEWAY G6-350      Kudos to Gateway for pricing their
 $1,698             machines with monitor. Another nifty touch
                    includes a virus protection program.

MICRON MILLENNIA    A top performer for the price of a midrange machine.
400 MICROTOWER
 $1,649

NEC DIRECTION       A good utility infielder with enough power for
SP B450 $2,200      the home and the home office without putting a
                    big dent in your wallet.

COMPAQ DESKPRO      Nice design that allows for either vertical or
EP $2,267           horizontal setup. Loaded with manageability features,
                    including software to warn of impending disk crashes.

GATEWAY G6-450      A stunner that is out there on the cutting edge
 $2,499             with 19-inch monitor, rewriteable CD-ROM, and DVD.
                    A hot ticket for image or video editors.

IBM APTIVA SE7      With the flat-panel monitor and high-octane
 $3,498 (15-inch    Intel chip, this has one of the best combinations
flat panel          of style and performance.
monitor)

All models include Windows 98, 17-inch monitor (with the exception of 
Gateway's G6-450 and IBM's Aptiva SE7), CD ROM, and modem


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