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To: Justa Werkenstiff who wrote (9979)	12/2/1999 9:13:00 AM
From: Wally Mastroly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15132

Justa, Re: " the new DELL" - could be delayed on Intel glitch: Intel finds flaw in chip Intel, the world's largest computer-chip maker, says it has found a bug in a small percentage of its Pentium III chips that interferes with computers' boot-up process. Dell Computer said that it has stopped shipments and manufacturing of systems with Pentium III chips. Intel (INTC) discovered an ''anomaly'' in the latest series of its Pentium III family of chips that occasionally causes PCs to fail to boot up on the first try, a spokesman said. The machines start on the next attempt, he said. The problem has been seen only in laboratories and occurs in 1% to 2% of the chips, the spokesman said. The number of cases is small enough that Intel plans to continue shipping the chips and won't slow production, he said.

To: Justa Werkenstiff who wrote (9979)	12/2/1999 9:34:00 AM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15132

Wally's post to you re Dell/Intel's chip bug reminded me to tell you . I've been enjoying a Dell XPS-T550 ordered 10/29 and delivered 5 days later on 11/3/99 P3-550, 13.6G HD, 128M Ram, DVD, CD R/W, 32Meg Video, Sound Blaster Live,V90 Modem and 3 yr in house 24hr warranty for $1723 total to my doorstep (shipped via a B2B & B2C company called ABF). Trick was to get a refurbished unit! austin360.com As an engineer by training, I know that "refurbished" means the first failure has already happened and now you have a "burned-in" box that should be more reliable. Looks brand new to me and works great! It has worked so well that I have not had to call Dell for any technical assistance at all. I have one software program that won't load right so perhaps I will call... MS Outlook can't find a file. Otherwise, it has been easy to get up running. Talk about sleeping well at night too! Being able to back-up key files daily is sure great. justa thought... If you get tired of waiting for a new one, then cancel and get a refurbished model if they have what you want in stock.