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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (26398)	3/5/1998 10:47:00 AM
From: MythMan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Mike, then why is mu trading up today? <g>

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (26398)	3/5/1998 12:40:00 PM
From: yard_man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

INTC has 10% drop in revenue -- some say because it isn't pursuing the sub $1000 market. GTW is doing great because they are concentrating on the performance models, not the sub $1000. Hmmm. biz.yahoo.com However, Intel's addition to the list suggests the trends reshaping the PC industry -- including the rapid ascent of very low-cost models -- are making for a painful transition. ''If you think about the $1,000 box, and then the $800 box and dropping and you start breaking down the costs, you start asking yourself who's going to make money on these boxes,'' said Gruntal & Co analyst David Takata. biz.yahoo.com ''Our research has shown that customers have decided to purchase these systems based on recommendations, the reputation and the quality of our product and system price,'' said Bart Brown, vice president of marketing for Gateway Direct. ''Gateway customers have found that our high-performing systems meet the wide range of their computing needs, including demanding software applications for finance, education, gaming and their growing Internet usage.''