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To: Wowzer who wrote (5986)	6/15/1998 3:39:00 AM
From: Jet.Screamer	Respond to of 8002

I have said it before and I will say it again-the strong loyalty of Gateways customers bodes well for the company. You can't ever discount Gateway because of this loyalty. I have seen it with family members and others. Although I own more shares in CPQ I would never recommend any thing but a Gateway to anyone I know unless they are extremely computer savy. My own experience with Gateway customer support has been outstanding and I would not gamble on another brand for this reason. Gateway has my loyalty as well as my personal endorsement to others which is an additional benefit of customer loyalty. Additionally they have demonstrated that they can manage inventory better and when you subtract the cost of internet service from the your ware program it seems like a good deal although I have not looked at the program in detail. However I do think the your ware program is the way to go in the future and i think it can be expanded in other ways. Personally I would love to be able to purchase a new motherboard and chip from Gateway and install my old components while maintaining their customer support. IMHO jon

To: Wowzer who wrote (5986)	6/15/1998 8:45:00 AM
From: Wayners	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8002

<<Packard Bell NEC Inc.'s rate plunged to 33% from 46%. Analysts said Packard Bell suffered from lingering consumer perceptions that its quality and service lags behind the competition.>> While all of these analysts are touting the under $1,000 PC, when the consumers actually get them and use them, I bet they won't want to buy another one. After all you get what you pay for. How much quality and service are you going to get for $599? If people don't like Packard Bell now, you know they aren't going to like cheap PCs. Intel has a strong brand name. Doesn't matter how much analysts say people only care about price, and people are willing to accept an AMD or Cyrix processor (even if they have better specs than Intel), when buying decisions are made, people will be looking for the Intel inside sticker still.