Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Dell Technologies Inc. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jim kelley who wrote (26696)	1/1/1998 7:12:00 PM
From: Meathead	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

Thanks Jim! I'm glad someone besides me actually took the time to compare system prices. This mis-information is out of control on who has the pricing advantages. Dell knows that savvy buyers take the time to compare... that's one of the reasons why their sales are anything but suffering. Since JP didnt answer my question about what percentage sub-zero's made up of PC sales in Q4, I'll repost this: Re: 40% OF DEC PCS SALES WERE UNITS PRICED UNDER $1000. I've seen a couple folks mis-interpret this... To be clear, 40% of retail sales went to the sub-zero segment in December. Is this statistically significant and what does it really mean? Using WorldWide Q4 PC shipment numbers from last year to calculate a simple ratio can give us a quick clue. Assuming that most retail purchases are for home systems.. Q4 96 Total units = 20.7M Home units = 6.5M I use Q4 because it's when christmas occurs so the ratio of home units increases. This means 31% of all PC sales were to the home user who typically shops retail at the CompUSA's and BestBuy's of the world. 40% of 31% is 12.5%... add 2.5% for slop and thus we could extrapolate that 1.5 out of every 10 PC's or 15% sold in Q4 of this year was classified as a sub-zero. This is not surprising given the christmas holiday... let's see what percentage they maintain throughout the year now that initial demand has been satisfied. People forget that businesses today make up 70% of the PC market. MEATHEAD

To: jim kelley who wrote (26696)	1/1/1998 7:19:00 PM
From: jim kelley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

More on CompUSA comparisons with DELL.... I took the nVidia card out of the options and replaced it with the Matrox 8MB video card. DELL then comes in at $2,685. CompUSA comes in at $2,962 The difference is 10.3 % given a similar warranty policy. However, I do not think the Matrox card takes advantage of the AGP bus. It appears that the CompUSA uses an older motherboard that does not have AGP support.. Buy CompUSA and get less for more! Regards, Jim kelley

To: jim kelley who wrote (26696)	1/1/1998 7:28:00 PM
From: hpeace	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

thread, the compUSA pc's and the price comparisons don't make any dif. they could be $50 cheaper....yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn!!!!!! few people are going to buy a Compusa pc over a cpq or a dell. My proof is in history. these stores and even intel has released pc's in the past 16 yrs. they all flopped. these will flop too. It's like Exxon deciding they can make cars and compete with GM just bec. they sell gas and can repair cars<ggg>