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To: freeus who wrote (76066)	11/1/1998 4:08:00 PM
From: abraves	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

Freeus, Just fond out Friday, that our consultant company is now switching to DELL's. That's another 500 brand new laptops for DELL's next quarter. My new DELL will be here on thursday. We were using IBM thinkpads. I have not found out why we switched, but it don't matter to me. Here is what our new laptop standard. Dell Inspiron 3000 Multimedia Notebook233mhz Pentium processor 12.1" SVGA Active Matrix TFT Color48mb RAM 4.0gb Ultra ATA Hard Drive Microsoft Windows 98 IE4.03COM X2 Modem/10mb Ethernet Adapter 24X/10X Variable CD-ROM Drive MS Office 97 Professional Additional Lithium Ion Primary Battery 3 Year "Rapid Response" Warranty Inspiron Port Replicator (Not for everyone) 1.44mb 3.25 inch floppy drive External Iomega Zip Drive Leather Carrying Case, Dual Compartment Norton Anti Virus Deluxe 4.0 On this tread a couple of weeks ago I said that we saw big customers just replacing all of their desktops to get ready for Y2K/NT5. We are still seeing that. We saw another company, other than ours, decide to replace all of their PC's just last week. I am more concerned about after the Year 2000. The reason I say that is because by the turn of the Year 2000, All of these companies are already going to have brand new equipment. The MM think the Y2k issue will cut spending. Bullshit !! Between now and 2000 we are seeing companies spend more than they ever have. But that is what makes me concerned about post 2000. After 2000, companies will have new equipment with new NT that is Y2K compliant and the only reason I see for them buying new hardware after that is growth. But between now and Y2K DELL will continue to kick ass. I have been in the computer industry for the past 12 years, and I have never seen this many new DELL's showing up in the workplace.