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To: AJ Berger who wrote (160478)	9/8/2000 11:19:46 AM
From: John Koligman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

I doubt it's desperation, but if you want confusion, go to their 'small business center' site and click on the 220 series workstation. You will notice under the first configuration option (the processor selection) that '866mhz' is listed as a processor selection 3 times, at $328, $107, and $6 in additional cost. When I called Dell to inquire as to what the price really is, the pleasant girl said, 'gee, that must be a typo, and since I don't deal with the business systems, (keep in mind that the phone number provided on the website got me to her), I'll transfer you'. At which point I was disconnected. I do think they are trying to pump up sales early, because they have instituted a 'freebie' program for Dimension right at the start of the quarter. Regards, John

To: AJ Berger who wrote (160478)	9/8/2000 11:23:44 AM
From: D.J.Smyth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

AJ. if you're going to exaggerate you might as well do it with gusto. as for your 32 bit version story - this is a problem everywhere. this is not unique to AOL. it is unique to all providers. if these intelligent college students "drop" AOL they'll only find the same problem elsewhere. the 16 to 32 upgrades are being worked on everywhere but the man hours required for the upgrades are consuming. in some sectors, Dell and IBM took up little ol' MIGR's solution AOL is acting very desperate here they've been desparate for over two years since this program has been ongoing. frankly, I believe it's called "marketing" I suspect DELL ...may lack the component and personal training to reliably offer such a wide range of components and OS's. your story smells fishy. send me an email and order number. i'll contact Dell for you and we'll see if we can't get this problem worked out together. i suspect the problem is "user friendly" and Dell unfriendly. if you throw a dog a smelly fish, the dog is smart enough not to eat it. these so-called "order takers" are trained to detect smelly fish.

To: AJ Berger who wrote (160478)	9/8/2000 11:39:15 AM
From: Lucretius	Respond to of 176387

nice to see some discussion of reality on this thread finally... nice post.

To: AJ Berger who wrote (160478)	9/8/2000 2:42:00 PM
From: Maverick	Respond to of 176387

BA Securities:Increasingly Confident in Dell’s Quarter; Continue to Think Overall PC Demand is OK cnetinvestor.com DELL COMPUTER, INC. (DELL) STRONG BUY Increasingly Confident in Dell’s Quarter; Continue to Think Overall PC Demand is OK We believe Dell’s* Oct. quarter is on track with expectations following our visit to Austin yesterday. We’d buy on the recent weakness. More broadly, we still can’t find evidence of a sudden slowdown in end PC demand. We’re increasingly confident any negative signals emanating from component supply chain reflect PC vendors’ over-ordering in last quarter’s shortage environment.