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To: lebo who wrote (146741)	11/8/1999 8:38:00 AM
From: Calvin	Respond to of 176387

PC firms to omit features,limit expandability-WSJ Reuters Story - November 08, 1999 05:35 NEW YORK, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Personal computer makers are trying to get customers to replace their PCs more often by dropping older technologies and designing new machines with limited expansion capabilities, the Wall Street Journal said. This week Compaq Computer Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. are expected to unveil new PCs that eliminate 1980s technologies such as 16-bit add-in cards and floppy disk drives, the Journal said. Instead, the companies will appeal to business buyers with stylised designs, consumer-friendly $500 entry prices and powerful processors, the paper said. Later in the month, Dell Computer Corp. will take the same approach with a new Internet-oriented model as part of a broader push into consumer PCs, the Journal said.

To: lebo who wrote (146741)	11/8/1999 9:46:00 AM
From: Dorine Essey	Respond to of 176387

FIRST UNION BANKS ON DELL; NATION'S SIXTH-LARGEST BANKING COMPANY STANDARDIZES ON DELL BUSINESS EDITORS & HIGH-TECH WRITERS ROUND ROCK, TEXAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NOV. 8, 1999--DELL COMPUTER CORPORATION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 1999--Dell Computer Corporation (Nasdaq:DELL.O) announced today that First Union Corporation (NYSE:FTU.N), the nation's sixth-largest bank holding company and eighth-largest brokerage company, has selected Dell as its corporate standard for servers, desktop and notebook personal computers over the next three years. Dell estimates that the contract may generate as much as $100 million in revenues over its life. First Union, with full financial services in approximately 2,400 financial centers located in 12 states in the eastern United States, chose Dell as part of a program designed to move to a common operating environment by standardizing on a single PC manufacturer. First Union's corporate operations will run on Dell PowerEdge(R) servers, OptiPlex(R) desktop PCs and Latitude(R) notebook PCs. "In today's banking environment, controlling technology expenses is critical," said Austin Adams, executive vice president of automation and operations. "As part of First Union's ongoing effort to reduce costs, our move to a standard PC environment will significantly reduce our overall PC support and lifecycle costs. A direct relationship with Dell allows us to streamline our supply chain and move more quickly to a standardized environment." "Dell is an industry leader in the ability and experience to understand what customers want from business relationships and to provide solutions, such as our DellPlus custom factory integration program, that meet our customers' technology needs," said Brian Wood, vice president and general manager of Dell's Enterprise segment. "First Union's direct relationship with Dell allows them to better manage their information technology assets while still saving on their total cost of ownership." DellPlus provides a wide range of custom-built solutions, including installing and configuring hardware devices, loading software applications and customer-supplied images and providing asset tagging and reporting for Dell systems. Through DellPlus, customers can request a variety of operating systems including Windows NT(R), Solaris, Linux, UNIX(R), OS/2(R), SCO(R) and Banyan. Additional information about DellPlus is available at www.dell.com/dellplus/index.htm. First Union is one of several large enterprises to contract with Dell in recent months. The Boeing Corp., Ford Motor Co., Edward Jones and Motorola have all recently announced multi-million dollar, long-term alliances with Dell. About First Union Based in Charlotte, N.C., First Union Corp. is a leading provider of financial services to more than 16 million retail and corporate customers throughout the East Coast and the nation. First Union is the nation's sixth largest bank holding company and eighth largest brokerage company, based on assets of $235 billion as of June 30, 1999.