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To: Mark Oliver who wrote (479)	6/16/1998 7:12:00 AM
From: Pierre-X	Respond to of 2025

Interesting PC newsoids: Asia Pacific PC Stores See Big Jump In Q1 Shipments - Dataquest newsbytes.com Note that the increase is in unit shipments, not dollar sales. With the large drop in ASP the increase in shipments is not surprising -- just a normal traveling down the demand curve. Still, 88% year over year growth is nothing to sneeze at. --- IBM Plans Alliance With IMSI On Speech-Recognition Software interactive.wsj.com Here's an interesting excerpt: IMSI plans to gradually integrate IBM's ViaVoice continuous-speech-recognition technology into about 30 of its software products, including voice-activated software used for computer-aided drafting. Yes my friends, AUI is coming. --- Video card the culprit in the case of the missing speed herald.com This article isn't particularly interesting, I just linked it because it contains a staggering quantity of gross errors. The writer really has no concept of what he's talking about. --- God bless, PX

To: Mark Oliver who wrote (479)	6/17/1998 8:52:00 AM
From: Pierre-X	Respond to of 2025

Re: PalmPilot As a longtime Pilot user (going on a year now) I can tell you: Pilots are NOT a substitute for PCs of any sort. In fact, the Pilot is -designed- to be used with a PC. It's standalone utility is not all that great -- a paper organizer like a Dayrunner would be better. Also, the Pilot with cumulative sales of still less than 2 million units hardly merits the kind of attention it has received. Check back again in a generation or two, when the Pilot gets more horsepower and more storage. Flashram, anyone? God bless, PX