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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (14414)10/20/2002 2:33:19 PM
From: 16yearcycle  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 57684
 
L,

What are we to believe? I am certain that there is no growth built into most companies numbers, so almost everything is DRASTICALLY underpriced based on what peak prices could be in 2-3 years. But semi-equip bookings have collapsed again. The telco-equip customers still will be tight with cap-ex for the visible future. If pc growth isn't good, and network buildout spending is badly restrained, where do we go from here? It's a reasonable question. The way out of this for an investor is simply buying at give away prices with some sense of ceratinty that better days are less than 1 year ahead, and you won't get hit too hard in the meanwhile. I think we are there but I wish it was more sure.

edit: I read somwhere someones take that xp is good enough to extend the life of a lot of pc's bought in 98-99. I completely agree. I think it extends the replacement cycle.



To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (14414)10/20/2002 10:50:55 PM
From: Killswitch  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 57684
 
How are they going to sustain something that was achieved by forcing many customers to upgrade (who didn't really want to, and are now probably slightly miffed) due to special price breaks that ended after July 31? I think it's more likely they pulled in a bunch of purchases that would have occurred in future quarters.