(Nikkei BP Group)
(No.1 High-Tech News Site in Japanese)
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October 9, 1998 (TOKYO) -- Prices of desktop and notebook PCs remain
stable, according to a Sept. 27 survey on retail prices conducted by
Nikkei Personal Computing, and a notable trend is the decline in the
prices of Toshiba Corp.'s slim notebooks called DynaBookSS PORTEGE 3000
and DynaBookSS PORTEGE 3010.
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The prices of both models declined by 30,000 yen to 228,000 yen (US$1,810)
for the 3000 model and to 278,000 yen (US$2,200) for the 3010 model.
PC retailers said they have ample inventories of the products.
Among new releases from IBM Japan Ltd., Matsushita Electric Industrial
Co., Ltd. and others, the most notable is Sony Corp.'s VAIO PCG-C1 mini-notebook
PC with a charge coupled device (CCD) camera. The price for the PC with
a camera is about 229,800 yen (US$1,821) at retail shops. Because Sony's
products tend to experience stable price trends, this PC probably won't
decline in price soon.
The most popular Macintosh, the Power Macintosh G3 DT 233, has all but
disappeared at shops. And Apple Computer Inc.'s iMac computers are temporarily
out of stock at some stores. Its price is stable at around 178,000 yen.
The survey is conducted regularly by Nikkei Personal Computing on retail
prices at six major PC volume retailers in Akihabara and Shinjuku, Tokyo.
Detailed survey results can be found at Nikkei Personal Computing's Web
Site in Japanese only.
Related stories:
�Sony
Releases 1.1kg VAIO Notebook PC with CCD Camera
�Availability
of Apple's iMac Increases at PC Stores
(Nikkei Personal Computing)
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