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To: Scrapps who wrote (9167)	11/13/1997 8:43:00 PM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Respond to of 22053

Also, Duran of Lazard Freres added that a slowdown in PC sales could slow adapter card sales. Hey yeah. Like, that's true. And if people stop using AOL, that could, like, slow modem sales. Like, wow, you know? I wish I had thought of these things before. -G- Duran evidently didn't read the latest survey by The Verity Group, which found.. techweb.com "Yet first-time buyers reached their highest level since June 13. Of households reporting a computer purchase, 64.29 percent described themselves as first-time buyers, compared with a 39-week average level of 35.9 percent. For the week ended June 13, first-time buyers accounted for 64.91 percent of demand. Replacement-PC purchases accounted for only 7.14 percent demand, compared with a 39-week average of 31.6 percent. Households reporting an additional PC purchase composed 21.43 percent of the total, compared with an average level of 30.2 percent." DK