Ask Michael Burke Message Board

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Ask Michael Burke

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (26985)	3/26/1998 10:08:00 AM
From: HB	Read Replies (1) of 132070

If you wonder how big a factor employee options may be in this market, here's a little data point. I called Dell to find about prices, lead times (5 days till ship, as of 2 weeks ago), etc... The (very well-spoken and friendly) woman I talked to was pressuring me lightly as to when I'd call back and order... when I found out she was there for 12 hours that day and commented on the long hours, she said that she liked it that way and the stock options were great! I haven't bought my box yet. Impressions from shopping around are that notebook prices are still crumbling fast. Probably old news by now, but read in a PC mag that there is a glut of 12.1" TFT (the good kind) laptop screens. Also, lots of margin seems to have come out of stuff like 19" monitors and Pentium II systems.... There was a funny article in PC World (I think) magazine about the under- $1000 boxes. The test scores showed only about a 30% slowdown over the high-end stuff, and the reviewer decided to try living with one for a few weeks. He was surprised how happy he was with it. I'll see if I can link it. Howard

Report TOU Violation

Share This Post

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next