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Technology Stocks : VALENCE TECHNOLOGY (VLNC) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Doug McKenzie-Mohr who wrote (13388)	7/24/1999 4:23:00 PM
From: Tickertype	Respond to of 27311

Yes, it's true that Apple is aiming this unit at students, etc. The comment about the 10% was made more in the context of the overall market than the iBook specifically. This model could indeed use a Valence battery - here's the very next sentence from the same article: "But the cute, easy-to-use iBook could help create a consumer market--despite the grousing that this laptop at 6.7 pounds is a bit heavier than Apple-watchers had hoped for." Valence could sure help with that problem, I'd say! - T -