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To: Captain Jack who wrote (75431)	1/7/2000 10:41:00 PM
From: Elwood P. Dowd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

EZ2200 PCMAG review-EXCELLENT!! by: kickinyours (29/M/Redmond, WA) 1/7/2000 9:56 pm EST Msg: 129507 of 129514 PCMAG gave the new EZ2200 a rave review! "Based on price, bundled components, and overall ease of access and setup, the Compaq Presario EZ2000 series is an unqualified success, particularly for users seeking hassle-free computing, Internet access, and MP3 recording."

To: Captain Jack who wrote (75431)	1/9/2000 4:01:00 PM
From: rudedog	Respond to of 97611

jack - re: IBM is bailing some/most/all (depending on the source) PC business anyway I think you are confused - IBM shipped nearly 9 million PCs last year, they are the #3 vendor worldwide. They dropped out in the retail consumer business, where they were weak and losing money, to go after direct consumer distribution - but this only amounted to about 15% of their PC unit total. Both DELL and IBM were using Inacom for BTO, and I don't know if this was primarily to business customers but I think so, there is not much BTO in consumer, even DELL is batching that segment.