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To: Elwood P. Dowd who wrote (63768)	6/21/1999 11:40:00 AM
From: DRRISK	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 97611

EL, Are you upset with Compaq management? DrRisk

To: Elwood P. Dowd who wrote (63768)	6/21/1999 11:53:00 AM
From: Night Writer	Respond to of 97611

New Information On Compaq Website; Compaq Tops Workstation Benchmarks Three Firsts in Highly Regarded Bench99 Testing Business/Technology Editors HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 21, 1999--Outpacing all competitors, Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE:CPQ) swept top ratings in the influential Bench99 test conducted by Pro/E The Magazine, an independent publication for Pro/ENGINEER users. --Fastest Windows NT workstation: the Compaq Professional Workstation XP1000 (667MHz) with a Compaq PowerStorm 300 graphics card --Fastest CPU: the Compaq Professional Workstation XP1000 (667MHz) with a PowerStorm 300 graphics card --#1 Price/Performance and Best Value: the Compaq Professional Workstation AP200 with an Oxygen GVX1 graphics card The Bench99 test, a well-known and powerful metric in the MCAD market, is designed to measure the performance of those functions important to the productivity of 3D CAD designers. Other vendors measured included Dell, Intergraph, HP, IBM, SGI, NTSI, MaxVision, and Core Microsystems. The editors of the magazine noted: "The Compaq AP200 is the best price and the best value. It sacrifices nothing in terms of its hardware configuration, allowing users to run Pro/ENGINEER on a top-notch NT workstation for a price of $3,336." The Alpha-based XP1000, the editors said, was "an excellent choice for those users with big assemblies, huge drawings and complex models with long regeneration times." For a complete copy of Pro/E The Magazine's 1999 Pro/ENGINEER Workstation Benchmark results, call (505) 474-5150 or visit proe.com. For more information on Compaq workstations, see compaq.com. Company Background: Founded in 1982, Compaq Computer Corporation is a Fortune Global 200 company. Compaq is the second largest computer company in the world and the largest global supplier of personal computers. For more corporate information, see: compaq.com. Compaq, Registered U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. --30--sb/bos* CONTACT: Compaq Computer Corporation Jim Cortese, 281-514-0484 jim.cortese@compaq.com or Shandwick International David Bloodsworth, 617-536-0470 dbloodsworth@shandwick.com KEYWORD: TEXAS INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMED COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS INTERACTIVE/MULTIMEDIA/INTERNET Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL: businesswire.com

To: Elwood P. Dowd who wrote (63768)	6/21/1999 11:55:00 AM
From: Night Writer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

New Information On Compaq Website; Compaq Demonstrates TPC-C Leadership Business/Technology Editors HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 21, 1999-- Record-Breaking Performances Achieved On ProLiant Servers and Compaq Storage Solutions Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE:CPQ), the world's leading PC server vendor, today produced new, record-breaking one-, two- and four-processor server and Oracle Parallel Server (OPS) performance benchmarks on its award-winning ProLiant Server platforms and a soon-to-be-announced Smart Array storage controller based on a new 64-bit processor architecture. Continuing to demonstrate performance leadership, the Compaq ProLiant 7000 and Smart Array storage controller, designed by leading Compaq engineers, set the new all-time TPC 4-processor performance record by breaking the 25,000 transactions per minute (tpmC) barrier with 25,065.3 tpmC. Compaq also earned best price/performance awards for six other ProLiant servers (see below) each configured with Smart Array storage controllers for high capacity and performance and increased data availability. These performance milestones demonstrate Compaq's continuing commitment to lowering customers' ownership costs over the life of their systems. --The ProLiant 5500 earned best price/performance of any sized system with the first TPC-C of less than $16/tpmC with $15.11/tpmC. --The ProLiant 3000-6/500-1P server posted 7084.5 tpmC at $28.34/tpmC for the best price/performance of all single-processor systems. --The ProLiant 3000-6/500 2P server posted 12033.6 tpmC resulting in $23.03/tpmC for the best price/performance of all dual-processor systems. --The ProLiant 7000-6/500-4P server posted 25,065.3 tpmC at just $18.88/tpmC for the best performance of all quad-processor systems regardless of chip architecture or operating system. --The ProLiant 5500-6/500-4P server earned best price/performance with 20,195.5 tpmC at only $15.11/tpmC. --The ProLiant 6500-PDC/0100 achieved 40,077.23 tpmC at $40.40/tpmC, offering the best Microsoft Windows NT performance running OPS and best cluster price/performance. For more details on the benchmark results, please visit Compaq's Web site at: compaq.com Company Background: Founded in 1982, Compaq Computer Corporation is a Fortune Global 100 company. Compaq is the second largest computer company in the world and the largest global supplier of personal computers. For more corporate information, see: compaq.com. Compaq, Registered U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. --30--sb/bos* CONTACT: Compaq Computer Corporation Ted Bockius, 281-514-0484 ted.bockius@compaq.com or Shandwick International Adam Mersky, 617-536-0470 amersky@shandwick.com KEYWORD: TEXAS INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMED COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS INTERACTIVE/MULTIMEDIA/INTERNET Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL: businesswire.com

To: Elwood P. Dowd who wrote (63768)	6/21/1999 1:14:00 PM
From: Lynn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

I can understand completely why you are some down on CPQ these days, El, but from my own experience, I have found CPQs service excellent and I have been very, very happy with everything (desktops and notebook) I have purchased over the past +/- 15 years. Never having bought anything in the Presario line, I can not comment on these products. When it comes to Deskpros, Prolineas, Prosignias (desktop), and my wonder, 2 month old Armada 7400 notebook, however, I have been one very happy customer. Its the darn management that's the problem. Lynn