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To: Stitch who wrote (4840)	4/11/1998 12:46:00 AM
From: Frodo Baxter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7841

>Either of you ever order from Dell? As long as you request from their approved list they don't care which drive you specify. Sure. I ordered, asked politely what drive they were going to ship it with. They said IBM. Couple weeks later, the computer came in; drive was a Maxtor. I guess BTO and JIT aren't really for the lowly consumer, eh? >The VARs , distributors, and 3rd party resellers are so many and varied that a mass market brand recognition campaign may well be called for. Compaq's branding hasn't fixed its inventory glut, but aggressive pricing will. Computers remain a commodity.