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To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (30223)	3/4/2001 4:56:52 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

CompUSA obviously got some big marketing bucks from Intel, in the form of the $200/cpu rebate, plus who knows what other considerations.. The offer was no doubt conditional on exclusivity for the week. That's life. AMD looked fine elsewhere today. A Best Buy story from a few weeks back: I didn't make a comprehensive survey, but when I wondered into a local story because I was in the vicinity, I was surprised that AMD had about half the systems on display. Even worse for Intel, about half of Intel's share of systems on display were obvious returns, Piii 600's, Celery 433's, junk like that. I was actually sort of shocked. -Win. PS: For entertainment, check out the memory breakthrough on the Compaq P4 system on the upper right in compusa.com . A P4 with SDRAM, months ahead of schedule! What a breakthrough for Compaq! Well, actually, it's listed as PC800 Synch DRAM, I guess that's just their subtle way of keeping the R word out of the ad.

To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (30223)	3/4/2001 6:09:16 PM
From: FJB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Hi Pravin, I did a Google search for "Broker Call Rate" and apparently it is published daily in Section C of the Wall Street Journal as the "call money rate". I have an online subscription to the WSJ and am having trouble finding the number. Will let you know if I find it. What is its significance? Bob Edit: I found something called Call Money: CALL MONEY: 7.25% (effective 02/01/01). The charge on loans to brokers on stock exchange collateral. Source: Reuters. It seems dated. How should I interpret the number? Edit2: Found an explanation: wachovia.com Margin Account Interest Rates If your margin account balance is Your rate* is Up to $24,999 Broker Call + 2% $25,000 to $49,999 Broker Call + 1% $50,000 or more Broker Call + 0.5%