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To: j g cordes who wrote (3574)	7/22/1998 12:42:00 PM
From: J R KARY	Read Replies (2) of 8218

IBM was June's Number 2 PC seller - assembly adds CPU etc locally June's sales soar: " IBM (NYSE:IBM) was No. 2. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HWP), which had been No.1 in May, slipped to No.3 while Packard Bell-NEC finished out the field. " dailynews.yahoo.com To keep IBM PCs priced competitively , IBM is having its resellers add the CPU and memory locally: " NEW YORK--IBM said yesterday that distributors have begun assembling all key components of its commercial personal computers, a major shift aimed at slashing the buildup of excess inventory by IBM. The new system is meant to avert a replay of the glut of unsold corporate PCs that clogged the market earlier this year at IBM and other PC makers, setting off a price war that has strangled IBM's overall corporate earnings growth this year. " news.com ...and IBM Microelectronic's PowerPCs beats Intel's CPUs ! Wonder if IBM's future assembly will entail CPU options . Jim K.

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