*AV*--If you do not need Windows on the system and your software is dos based, I wouldn't load Win95 at all. Maybe Windows 3.11 for workgroups but definitely not Win95. To much unstable attributes and way too much space taken up.
In the News: (And to think both LU and DELL are considered part of my conservative portfolio).
* After market close, DELL COMPUTER reported 4Q EPS of $0.81 vs.
$0.69 last year, on revenues of $3.73 bln. vs. $3.18 bln. in 1996.
Analysts' mean estimates were $0.76, according to First Call.
(Reuters 04:45 PM ET 02/18/98) For the full text story, see
infobeat.com
* After market close, DELL COMPUTER said its board had declared a
two-for-one stock split, the company's fifth in the last six
years. In a statement, the company said the dividend will be paid
in the form of a 100 percent stock dividend to be issued on March
6 to shareholders of record as of Feb. 27. (Reuters 04:47 PM ET
02/18/98) For the full text story, see
infobeat.com
* GILLETTE CO unveiled Duracell Ultra alkaline batteries, designed
to meet the power demands of high-tech electronic devices. The AA-
and AAA-size Duracell Ultra batteries will last 50 percent longer
than ordinary alkaline batteries, Gillette said. The Ultra, which
will be shipped beginning in May, will be priced 20 percent higher
than the current Duracell alkaline bat advertising and promotion,
Duracell said. Duracell said high-tech devices are projected to
account for 28 percent of all AA- and AAA-size battery consumption
by the year 2002, up from 18 percent currently. (Reuters 10:53 AM
ET 02/18/98) For the full text story, see
infobeat.com
* INTEL chairman and chief executive Andrew Grove revealed his
company's strategy for the exploding sub-$1,000 PC market and
showed its new processor under development, code-named
"Covington." Grove, speaking at an Intel Developers Forum, said
the first iteration of the new processor will use the same P6
architecture in Intel's Pentium II line, with less costly
packaging. He also said Intel will shortly launch a new brand name
for this product line to distinguish it from its higher-end
product family, aimed at different market segments. He reiterated
that the chip will ship in mid-1998. (Reuters 08:33 PM ET
02/17/98) For the full text story, see
infobeat.com
* Brown Brothers Harriman lowered its short-term rating on LUCENT
TECH to hold from buy while maintaining its long-term market
perform rating. -- Analyst Robert Wilkes said downgrade based on
valaution. (Reuters 12:40 PM ET 02/17/98) For the full text story,
see
infobeat.com
* LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES has formed a new venture capital fund with
an initial $100 million to invest worldwide in the fastest-growing
technology areas, the company announced Wednesday. Lucent, which
spun off from AT&T in 1996, said Lucent Venture Partners Inc. will
zero in on emerging technologies such as wireless, data
networking, semiconductors and communications software. The group,
which will consider direct investment or partnerships with other
capital firms, is expected to make its first investment later this
quarter. Henry Schacht is stepping down as chairman of Lucent
Technologies to be chairman of the new group. (Reuters 10:15 AM ET
02/18/98) For the full text story, see
infobeat.com
* LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES Inc said its directors had approved a
two-for-one stock split and intends to raise the quarterly
dividend. The company said the split is payable April 1, record
March 6. "Lucent currently intends to declare quarterly dividends
at the rate of $0.04 a share" on the split shares, it said. That
is equal to $0.08 a share on pre-split shares, up from $0.075 at
present. Lucent's stock, the second most widely-held stock in the
United States, is splitting for the first time since the company's
record-setting initial public offering, which raised $3 billion in
April 1996. (Reuters 10:37 AM ET 02/18/98) For the full text
story, see
infobeat.com
* LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES' new venture capital fund could be a nimble
way for the telecommunications firm to snare up-and-coming
technologies from start-ups, analysts said. "It's a very good
strategy, because Lucent can invest in new technologies without
having to bring the development in-house," said Christopher
Thompson, a voice communications principal analyst at DataQuest.
"They can leverage the rapid pace of small companies that might be
stifled, or be very expensive to deploy, if they did it in-house,"
Thompson said. (Reuters 03:07 PM ET 02/18/98) For the full text
story, see
infobeat.com
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