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To: art slott who wrote (3771)	9/1/1998 12:48:00 AM
From: J R KARY	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8218

Art its big news - IBM ships copper PowerPCs - AAPL benefits also A year ahead of planned production - S Jobs 1st demoed it 3/16/98 at Seybold NYC and he is speaking at Seybold SF tomorrow . AAPL and IBM will keep the PowerPCs to themselves , but IBM has plans to open up the copper process -- maybe AMD ? >> " The world's largest computer maker said it would begin shipping its first copper-based microprocessors, including a PowerPC 740/750 model operating at 400 MHz. The chips are designed for use in both desktop and mobile computers. Industry analysts said Apple Computer would use IBM's new PowerPC microprocessors as the basis for computers yet to be announced. " At a demonstration of the copper chip technology earlier this year, Apple officials said copper chips should make their way into Macs by early 1999. " << news.com That was back on 3/16/98 , but IBM is open for business : >> " ...tomorrow, IBM expects to outline its plans to incorporate copper chip technology into its flagship mainframe computer, minicomputer, and workstation lines..." << Regards, Jim K. PS: Webdrone your characterization of IBM is a classic