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To: Ali Chen who wrote (50649)	3/15/1998 11:57:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Ali - You'll be pleased to read about the PC vendors liningh up to rollout notebook PCs based on Intel's 0.25 micron Pentium II. Read all about it. Note that yields, delivery schedule slips, etc. are not part of this report. Paul {====================} zdnet.com Notebook PC makers line up for mobile Pentium II By John G. Spooner, PC Week Online March 13, 1998 4:24 PM PST The parade of vendors planning to introduce notebook PCs based on Intel Corp.'s upcoming mobile Pentium II processor keeps getting longer. Toshiba America Information Systems Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Gateway 2000 Inc., Compaq Computer Corp. and Digital Equipment Corp. will join IBM, NEC Computer Systems and Hewlett-Packard Co. in introducing notebooks using the 233MHz and 266MHz mobile Pentium II processors that are set to debut on April 2. According to sources, Toshiba will launch a new high-end 266MHz Tecra 780DVD, which will be configured with a 13.3-inch XGA resolution display, 64MB of RAM, an 8.1GB hard drive and a DVD-ROM drive. The unit will be available for about $5,500, the sources said. A Tecra 780CDM, which has the same features but without the DVD drive, will be available for a slightly lower price, they said. Compaq plans similar high-end models for its Armada line. The Houston-based company will introduce a Pentium II-based Armada 7700 configured with a 13.3 inch screen, sources said. Dell aims to be price competitive when it introduces a 266MHz Latitude CP configured with a 13.3-inch screen and new hard-drive password security features for less than $4,000, according to sources. A 233MHz Latitude CP with a 12.1-inch screen will be priced less than $3,500, the sources said. The Round Rock, Texas, company will go even lower on its Inspiron notebook line, which is aimed at small and medium-size businesses and individual users. A 266MHz Inspiron configured with a 13.3-inch screen will start at less than $3,300, sources said. Gateway, meanwhile, will bring out new models in its Solo notebook family. The North Sioux City, S.D., company will launch a Solo 9100LS configured with a 14.1-inch screen, 32MB of RAM, 4GB hard drive and DVD-ROM drive for about $4,500, sources said. A new 233MHz Solo 5100 with a 14.1-inch screen will start at less than $3,000, sources said. For its part, Digital plans to roll out new HiNote VP 700 notebooks, according to sources. Although pricing for the new units wasn't available, the Maynard, Mass., company is expected to cut prices steeply on current Pentium MMX-based HiNote VP and HiNote Ultra 2000 notebooks following the Pentium II introduction. HP is expected to launch a new ultra-thin OmniBook model, its version of Mitsubishi Electric Corp.'s Pedion, next week. The Palo Alto, Calif., company plans to introduce a new OmniBook family based on the Pentium II processors this spring. Intel can be reached at www.intel.com.