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To: John Puffer who wrote (10570)	12/9/1997 8:55:00 AM
From: Tom Gebing	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

Dell to correct it's Ads, see the WSJ article....Compaq #1 in Business computers, not Dell. Dell Computer to Revise Ad Claims on Its PC Sales By a WALL STREET JOURNAL Staff Reporter ROUND ROCK, Texas -- Dell Computer Corp. plans to change TV ads claiming it's the top seller of desktop personal computers to U.S. businesses after an independent research company revised sales figures on which Dell based the ads. International Data Corp. said Monday that Compaq Computer Corp. actually sold more desktop PCs than Dell to medium-sized and large-sized U.S. businesses in the second quarter. IDC had placed Dell first when it originally reported the data in September. Dell launched TV advertising late this summer touting the size of its corporate business. Initially, the ads ended with the tagline that Dell was "one of the largest sellers of corporate computers." They were recently changed to say "No. 1 in corporate desktops." A Dell spokesman said it's "not a major issue to change back, and we'll do that, absent some other legitimate substantiation for the claim." Following the IDC's initial report, executives at Compaq, the top-selling PC maker since 1994, claimed the research company wrongly assigned some of its sales. After looking into the complaint, IDC adjusted sales estimates for Houston-based Compaq going back 18 months, said Christine Arrington, analyst in its San Francisco office.

To: John Puffer who wrote (10570)	12/9/1997 9:51:00 AM
From: hpeace	Respond to of 97611

JOHN, FOR THE LAST 4 ALMOST 5 YRS. i'VE HAD THE DEALER TAKE MY CPQ OUT OF BOX AND SET IT UP COMPLETELY. including our compnay log in scripts...so, this isn't new. I've had zero doa's on cpq and almost no problems in 5 yrs. the dealers have endured this.

To: John Puffer who wrote (10570)	12/9/1997 4:47:00 PM
From: John Koligman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

John Puffer - Thank you very much for your insight. I found your comments on DOA rates being lowered via BTO interesting, as many on the Dell thread have been saying that the direct model works better because there are less 'touches' to the machine. As for notebooks, although I no longer work for IBM I can still get an employee discount through relatives that do, and I'm waiting for prices to drop a bit as I would really like to get my hands on the Thinkpad 770 with the 14.1" screen and DVD. I currently own a Thinkpad 755c, and these machines are the class of the notebook field in my opinion. John