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To: Bearded One who wrote (24147)	12/4/1997 12:35:00 AM
From: Bearded One	Respond to of 176388

Another News Piece: Lagging PC sales hint of slow '98 news.com Here's a tidbit: "It was a decent October and a good summer. Then, all of the sudden, in November, they drop off...November is generally pretty strong," said Doug Antone, chief operating officer at Ingram Micro, the world's largest computer distributor. "It caught people by surprise."

To: Bearded One who wrote (24147)	12/4/1997 11:31:00 AM
From: Meathead	Respond to of 176388

BO, how long have you been following/analyzing PC industry trends? MEATHEAD

To: Bearded One who wrote (24147)	12/4/1997 1:39:00 PM
From: Meathead	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176388

Bearded one, I don't think you really understand the differences between a workstation and a server. Here is just one of many issues.. Workstations are used for among other things CAD/CAM 3D modeling graphically intensive use and therefore have been designed and optimized for video traffic. This is a big cost adder especially if the "end" video solution is integrated. Servers have no requirement for video performance whatsoever. A cheap monitor and video card is all most would need. Anybody buying a WS to be used as a Server is wasting money on the wrong set of optimized performance features. About Dell's lowering prices. What percentage do they usually lower prices for products from fist-customer-ship to end-of-life and at what intervals? What is historically the "norm" for Optiplex products and does yesterday's announcement deviate significantly from that? MEATHEAD