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To: Gold Beach who wrote (26715)	1/1/1998 11:10:00 PM
From: Meathead	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

My 12.5% number is just an educated guess backed by some basic logic. It could obviously be off by several percentage points. Sub-zero is going to become a misnomer soon anyway. Entry level business class PC's are already right at the 1k price point... we know that this will drop further next year. There will be many new classes of devices coming out over the next few years aimed at web or inter/intranet access ranging from $99 on up. This will really confuse everyone as to where a PC begins and ends. The thing to watch, and what no one is certain of is where the entry level catagory is ultimately heading in terms of functionality and percentage of sales. Weve always had an entry level catagory... the price has now dropped a few hundred bucks again... this in itself does not change the needs of the corporation. It will bring a new class of consumer into the fray however which is good. The shift back to centeralized computing making up a portion of a company's intranet computing model should help fuel sales of business class sub-zeros. What will it ultimately be however... 10%, 20% 40% across the industry? No one is sure. This is one reason why servers are becoming so important. MEATHEAD

To: Gold Beach who wrote (26715)	1/1/1998 11:29:00 PM
From: hpeace	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

don, I know of no corps or compnies buying the sub zero pcs. they do not network. we buy deskpros and optiplexes... we do not buy sub zeros... Just becasue a deskpro p200mmx cost $993 doesn't make it a sub zero. that is not sub zero. can you point me to any research or article to back up you post. I would suggest you go look at the actual pc..you will find that IT IS NOT A SUB ZERO. sub zero absolutely postiviely do not network. THEY CRASH ON NETWORK REPEATELY. First of all a sub zero pc has so much junk on it and in the start up meneu that it is a monster to set up for busniess. even if they did network you lost all your savings in setting up the stupid things at work. PS. one of these days, Jimbo will figure out how I buy so many pcs. think about it.????? thanks