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To: Tom Caruthers who wrote (175853)	3/1/2007 11:42:34 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Gateway that got crushed after pursuing a retail strategy. I think Gateway's retail strategy was a response to them getting crushed, not the cause. Dell was receiving payments from Intel that may have been $1 billion just to reject AMD. In addition Dell got it's boards about 3 months before Gateway. They were essentially the same computers, but Gateway was always behind on the launch because of that delay.

To: Tom Caruthers who wrote (175853)	3/2/2007 12:22:55 PM
From: John Koligman	Respond to of 176387

The thing with Apple is that they have some control over the 'functionality' ie - the very elegant way iTunes and the iPod are blended into an easy to use system. Dell will never have that for obvious reasons. I have also said they need more design, only evidence of that recently has been the 'suitcase laptop'.. That said, l o n g way to go on that issue, big service issues, and in regard to stores, pretty cheesy 'kiosks' in malls. I think the Apple stores really help them, anytime I've been in one they have been packed. They are also design masterpieces that I simply have trouble imagining Dell will duplicate if they go that route, but who knows. You still think 30 soon?? Regards, John