And Apricot’s bash at the Dorchester to announce its new 80386 based line this afternoon sounds as if it is going to be something of an event, with Microsoft’s Bill Gates expected to be on hand to wet the babies’ heads: the top-end 25MHz Micro Channel Architecture model with 160Mb disk and Ethernet on board is expected to undercut the equivalent IBM PS/2 Model 70 by about 15%, and to ship in October.