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To: jim kelley who wrote (163354)	12/19/2000 3:27:19 PM
From: kaka	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Hi Jim, Buying market share in the consumer space. TV ads running at incresed frequency also. The 8100 problems are not too comforting; helped a friend order a system on 11/23. Now it is due to ship on Jan 3rd but DELL makes no guarantee of this. They also had to give him all his previous promotions and the current ones to keep his order. What do you think of GTW stocking stores with systems? Cheers, Kaka

To: jim kelley who wrote (163354)	12/19/2000 3:33:46 PM
From: John Koligman	Respond to of 176387

Well, the workstations also appear to be underpricing Compaq. I compared a Dell Precision 220 to a Compaq AP250, both entry level workstations. With a 1ghz processor, 20GB ATA drive, Matrox G200 quad port video card, and 256MB of RAM, the Dell came out to $2835, and the Compaq was $3125. Only fly in the ointment is that I am assuming the RDRAM is similar, but I'm not sure. Compaq lists it as RDRAM/712 and Dell as RDRAM PC700. My guess is they are the same speed grade. The Dell pricing includes a currently running 'hundred bucks off' promotion, so perhaps the real difference is 200 bucks...