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To: Dan3 who wrote (83765)	12/21/1999 12:26:00 AM
From: THE WATSONYOUTH	Respond to of 1576826

Re: "Does anyone know what's up with IBM? Having announced that they are leaving storefront retail and moving to the Dell/Gateway model,their direct mail web site has 1 S series system, 3 E series systems, and their entire "business PC line" is a PIII 500. Is something about to replace all that? or are they leaving the retail PC business altogether? A visit to Best Buy today showed a number of IBM PC models in stock (Athlon 550 through 700). Did they decide to stick with retail?" I'm sure you've heard the cliche about the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing. Well, with IBM, it's a thumb and fore finger problem. THE WATSONYOUTH

To: Dan3 who wrote (83765)	12/21/1999 12:28:00 AM
From: Cirruslvr	Respond to of 1576826

Dan - RE: "Does anyone know what's up with IBM? Having announced that they are leaving storefront retail and moving to the Dell/Gateway model, their direct mail web site has 1 S series system, 3 E series systems, and their entire "business PC line" is a PIII 500." They must be doing a revamp of their US PC sales. Their Canada websites seem more normal. commerce.www.ibm.com commerce.www.ibm.com IBM has said they are getting out of retail and going direct only. I would assume they will market this, and knowing how AWESOME IBM's marketing is right now, I would expect IBM to advertise on TV. Maybe we will soon get our first AMD mention by an OEM. But then again, AMD doesn't provide incentives to advertise their logo like Intel does.