Premio's Apollo BX Pro System

Premio's Apollo BX Pro System offers full customization and features five PCI slots for optimum expandability and easy user upgrades. The PC accommodates up to 768MB of memory. Configured with Intel's 440BX chipset and the Intel Pentium III processor, the system has high clock speeds plus a 256KB on-chip secondary cache, further improving performance of Microsoft Office applications.

Prices range from $899 for the lower-end configurations to $1,629 for the fully-loaded system that comes with an 800MHz Pentium III processor, 13GB hard drive, 64MB SDRAM, 48X CD-ROM and 3-Com Networking Card with Windows 98 and Microsoft Works 2000. The new systems also include ATI Rage 16MB video graphics, Soundblaster Live! PCI Sound, 17" monitor and 36W speakers. Premio Computer, Inc., City of Industry, CA, (800) 677-6477, www.premiopc.com.

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