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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (37978)	4/15/1998 4:30:00 PM
From: Jim Patterson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

Actually the comparison is not very interesting at all as Dell and Segate have very little in common. I think they have a great deal in common. They both sell a highly comoditised product that is highly price elastic. Last summer, there was a glut of HDD, Now there is a glut of PC everywhere but at DELL. The question is: is DELL different enough from the rest of the companies in the industry to avoid what is happening to all of them in their PC divisions. Jim

To: Mohan Marette who wrote (37978)	4/15/1998 7:13:00 PM
From: jim kelley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

ALL: More 400MHZ systems CMP comparisons are rigged in favor of who the channel reseller rag wants to win: biz.yahoo.com When I configured a DELL machine to match the GTW machine I obtained the following numbers: DELL XPSR400 $2,864 GATEWAY G6-400 $ 3,153 Thus Gateway is 10% higher priced for the same machine configuration. The GTW system used by CMP for the comparisons had a 10.1GB HD instead of the 14.1 GB HD on the DELL. GTW also charges $$$ for MS Office SBE which comes on the DELL for free. Another difference is the speaker and sound system on the DELL which is supplied at the top end while the sound system supplied on the GTW was their low end sound system. IMO, CMP does not have much integrity and is not to be believed!