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To: Paul Engel who wrote (46675)	1/29/1998 3:05:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Intel Investors - April 15 may be more than Tax Date A CMP article indicates that April 15 will be the date for the 350 and 400 MHz Pentium II/Deschutes announcement, along with the 100 MHz 440BX chip set. Read all about it: Paul {=================} techweb.com Sony Unimpressed By 333-MHz Chip (01/28/98; 10:25 a.m. EST) By Kristen Kenedy, Computer Retail Week Sony Electronics will not add a 333-MHz system to its lineup of Vaio PCs, a spokesman for the company told Computer Retail Week. "An 11 percent increase in performance doesn't seem that big of a sell to customers," the spokesman said. Sony offers systems based on Intel 200-MHz, 233-MHz, 266-MHz, and 300-MHz CPUs. However, Sony is eyeing the sub-$1,000 market, where sales have spiked, he said. The company is developing a low-cost PC that will provide customers with the performance expected in today's market, the spokesman said, but Sony has not announced a ship date for such a system. Meanwhile, as Intel prepares to ship a new 350-MHz CPU with a 100-MHz system bus, sources said fast configuration will probably be the next step up for Sony. Intel plans to introduce 350-MHz and 400-MHz CPUs on April 15, sources said. The 350-MHz and 400-MHz systems will be based on a 100-MHz system bus, up from today's 66-MHz system bus. That will dramatically speed up some multimedia applications, such as soft DVD and graphics, analysts said.

To: Paul Engel who wrote (46675)	1/29/1998 3:07:00 AM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 186894

Paul, Article... PC Sales at Volume Retailers Up 6.9 Pct in Dec... January 26, 1998 (TOKYO) -- Sales of personal computers by about 2,000 volume-sales stores specializing in home electric appliances in the week of Dec. 29 through Jan. 4 rose 9.2 percent in units and 6.5 percent in value compared with the same week a year earlier. These calculations were made by GfK Japan Ltd., an information service company handling point of sales (POS) data for 54 volume- sales companies specializing in home electric appliances. According to GfK Japan, PC sales during that week increased 6.9 percent in units and rose 1.2 percent in value compared with the previous week. (See chart.) But the average sales price dropped by 12,614 yen (US$99.40) from the previous week's level of 237,358 yen (US$1,869) to 224,744 yen (US$1,770). Despite the cooling trend for PCs bought by general consumers, winter sales by volume retailers surged from mid December. But because of the drastic drop in the average sales price, the growth in sales amount was relatively small. Sales in December 1997 increased 51.5 percent in units and rose 54 percent in value compared with the previous month. And sales increased 4.1 percent in units and fell 0.4 percent in value on a year-on-year basis. GfK Japan collected POS data for 54 Japanese IT-related retail companies and 2,600 stores centering on volume-sales stores of electric home appliances as of October 1997. In cooperation with GfK Japan, "Nikkei Market Access" makes its weekly report for PC sales in units and value. For accuracy, data from the same 41 companies and about 2,000 stores have been collected since 1996. It is estimated that the number of PC units sold by the stores covered by GfK amounts to about 10 percent of gross domestic shipment, and in terms of retail sales channels, the share amounts to about 25 percent. _____________________________________________________________________ Maybe Japan is showing some signs of life here... Too Funny! we could have used you on the Boink Monica thread. :-) Michael