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To: Calvin who wrote (141955)	9/13/1999 7:00:00 AM
From: Ibexx	Respond to of 176387

Dell Expects 'Very Healthy' Second Half Monday September 13 5:42 AM ET PARIS (Reuters) - Dell Computer Corp. (Nasdaq:DELL - news) Chief Executive Michael Dell Monday forecast a ''very healthy'' second half of the year, shrugging off any potential negative effects from Y2K. ''Our costs are about half that of our competitors, so we have a structural advantage,'' Dell told Reuters in an interview. ''And the Internet is accelerating our (market) share gains.'' Dell is the world's second largest maker of personal computers and the leader in selling computers over the Internet to home and business users. It now gets about $30 million in sales per day, or about 40 percent of its total, from online buyers. Last month Dell said he expected the percentage of online sales to climb to 60 percent to 70 percent ''in the not too distant future.'' The Austin, Texas, company is not seeing a disruption in sales as companies race to prepare for the millennium bug. ''As you get closer and closer, there seems to be more and more companies that are comfortable or at least prepared for it,'' Dell said. ''I think the second half is going to be very healthy for us,'' he said. In the second quarter, Dell beat expectations, reporting worldwide sales rose 42 percent to $6.1 billion in the second quarter ended on July 30. Earnings jumped 58 percent to 19 cents per share, beating the consensus estimate by two cents.

To: Calvin who wrote (141955)	9/13/1999 7:21:00 AM
From: Calvin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Technology News Sun, 12 Sep 1999, 9:55pm EDT Japan's PC Sales Rise 38.4% on Year in Week Ended Aug. 29, Survey Shows By Yoshifumi Takemoto Japan's PC Sales Rise 38.4% on Yr in Week Ended Aug. 29: Survey Tokyo, Sept. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Personal computer sales at large electronics stores in Japan rose 38.4 percent in the week ended Aug. 29 from the same period a year earlier, Nikkei Market Access reported. Sales at some 2,000 nationwide electrical stores rose 38.4 percent by volume and 34.3 percent by value, according to figures supplied to the technology weekly by private research company Gfk Japan. The figures cover approximately 25 percent of Japan's over- the-counter PC sales and around 10 percent of the market, which is dominated by the likes of NEC Corp., Fujitsu Ltd., IBM Japan Ltd. and Toshiba Corp. Private research company IDC Japan Ltd. forecast in July that domestic PC shipments will surge 26 percent in calendar 1999, the first gain in three years, as a leap in sales to individuals offsets sluggish corporate demand. PC sales to individuals have surged since the release of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 98 operating software in July 1998 and of Apple Computer Inc.'s iMac computer in late August 1998. Sales have also been supported by the proliferation of desktop models with flat-screen monitors, which offer a space- efficient alternative to bulky cathode ray tubes. Compared with the previous week, sales during the seven days ended Aug. 29 increased 6.6 percent by volume and 5.9 percent by value, recovering from a slump during traditional Bon summer holidays last week. The average price of PCs sold fell 1,553 yen ($14.3) or 1 percent to 218,965 yen. Average desktop prices dropped 3,384 yen to 191,679 yen, while average notebook PC prices dropped 643 yen to 244,703 yen. Average PC prices will probably drop later this month, after PC makers start releasing discount desktops at prices around 100,000 yen. The following table gives Gfk Japan's figures for the percentage changes in PC sales from the previous week and from the same week a year earlier: Japan's PC sales for the week ended Aug.29 *********************************************************** Model From Prev. Week Y-o-Y ********************************************************** Desktops (by Volume) +4.8% +25.1% (by Value) +3.0% +17.7% Notebooks (by Volume) +8.4% +53.8% (by Value) +8.1% +49.9% All PCs (by Volume) +6.6% +38.4% (by Value) +5.9% +34.3% ************************************************************