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To: BillyG who wrote (29621)	2/18/1998 11:13:00 AM
From: Don Dorsey	Respond to of 50808

"Unit sales in December for PCs with integrated DVD drives increased 41.8 percent compared to November, versus a 26.3 percent increase in overall PC unit sales." Four DVD-ROM PCs Arrive By Roger C. Lanctot New York 8:00 a.m. EST Wed., Feb. 18, 1998 Integrated DVD-ROM drive technology got a boost last weekend with the arrival of four new DVD-ROM-equipped PCs. Hewlett-Packard rolled out its Pavilion 8275 and 8280 models this week, retailing at $1,999 and $2,399, respectively. They join Compaq's new Pentium II Presarios 4640 and 4660, which retail for $1,699 and $1,999 respectively. All of the systems come with Pentium II microprocessors, ranging from 266MHz for the Presario 4640 to 333MHz for the Pavilion 8280. The Presario 4640 comes with the smallest hard drive at 4GB. All of the models come with 4MB of video RAM and carry either 48MB or 64MB of RAM. The retail unit share of DVD-ROM-equipped PCs grew to 11.1 percent in December, from 9.9 percent in November and 7.3 percent in October, according to retail sales data from PC Data, Reston, Va. It was a huge jump from the 0.6 percent share in September. Unit sales in December for PCs with integrated DVD drives increased 41.8 percent compared to November, versus a 26.3 percent increase in overall PC unit sales. Unit sales of DVD-ROM kits more than doubled in December from November levels, according to PC Data. The increase was driven in part by a $70 price cut taken by CompUSA on the only second generation DVD-ROM kit currently on the market, Creative Labs' DVD Encore DX2 kit. Although first generation drives from Diamond Multimedia, Hi-Val and Philips continued to sell, the Creative offering accounted for 81 percent of DVD-ROM kit sales for the month. Diamond Multimedia is planning to launch a second generation DVD-ROM kit in March and executives at Hi-Val say the company currently has second generation product for retailers that are interested. Hi-Val's first generation DVD-ROM drive was offered by CompUSA at an after-rebate price of $249.99 this past weekend.