COMPAQ ADDS FIRST MODELS TO USE IT, CUTS TAGS ON OLDER ONES

Compaq Computer Corp yesterday added 33 new Pentium and two new Pentium Pro models to its product line, and cut prices by up to 21% on several existing commercial desktop machines. The low-end Compaq ProLinea 5120e Model 630 was cut 16% to $1,550, and the ProLinea 5100 Model 630 was cut 15% to $1,565. Deskpro models were cut by up to 21% with a Deskpro 5133 Model 1080 cut 19% to $2,510 with 133MHz processor, 16Mb memory and a 1.08Gb disk. The Deskpro XL line was cut up to 16%. Compaq added 150MHz and 166MHz Pentium models to the ProLinea and Deskpro families. Seven new ProLinea 5150 and 5166 mini-tower and desktop machines range in price from $2,685 to $3,425. Eight Deskpro models go from $2,819 to $3,579.

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