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To: steve harris who wrote (89029)	1/22/2000 8:29:00 PM
From: Elmer	Respond to of 1572417

Re: "Officially blessed as a moron and idiot by the high priest and followers of the church of iNtEL." Nooooo Stevie... You earned that title all by yourself. EP

To: steve harris who wrote (89029)	1/22/2000 8:50:00 PM
From: Y. Samuel Arai	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572417

There was a snipped on BloombergTV just now. One of the Ziff-Davis affiliates did a test to see how long it would take to get tech support for one of their lower-end home PC offerings. They tested Gateway, Compaq, and Dell. Here were the hold-times they mentioned: Gateway: 30 minutes Compaq: 45 minutes Dell: 1 hour 15 minutes They said after Dell finally picked up, the tech couldn't answer a question about their EasyPC, and were put on hold an additional 35 minutes, at which point the tester hung up.