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To: Diamond Jim who wrote (69602)	12/8/1998 1:00:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

Jim - Re: " Michael Bearke - Intel APril $85 Puts. What a cheap piker ! He paid a piddling - but Intel will have to slide $33- $34 for him just break even. I thought this guy was a heavy hitter - he sounds like some penny-ante foaming-at-the-mouth whiny mumbly bonehead. Paul

To: Diamond Jim who wrote (69602)	12/8/1998 1:17:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

Intel Investors - Compaq Chooses Pentium II For Thin Notebook Computer Compaq is targeting a THIN, LIGHT notebook for the Japanese market - and NATURALLY chose a Pentium II CPU from Intel for this application. Paul {===========================} URL: news.com Compaq to join rivals in thin notebook market By Kurt Oeler Staff Writer, CNET News.com December 7, 1998, 9:30 p.m. PT Later this month, Compaq Computer will join American rivals competing to meet Japanese demand for lightweight notebooks. Following Gateway's September entry, the world's leading PC manufacturer will unveil a Presario model that aims to tap surging sales of sub-five pound portables. The Presario 1915 will cost 310,000 yen, or about $2,600, according to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, a Japanese business daily. IBM and Digital Equipment products (now part of Compaq) have long been top-sellers in the world's No. 2 computer market. Big Blue's ThinkPad 560 defined the category and remains the sector's leader, although it is generally thicker than the latest entries, while Digital's ultrathin HiNote was also a breakthrough. Dell too plans to join the chase. Japan accounts for less than 10 percent of the world computer market, but makes up 25 percent of notebook sales and particularly loves slim and lightweight models. "The Japanese like small, compact notebooks," International Data Corporation analysts Takahiko Umeyama earlier told CNET News.com. "That's why the *#91;Sony] Vaio has been such a hit." Sony, which had virtually no presence in the Japanese notebook market through most of the decade, has recently zoomed to become one of the market leaders because of its Vaio 505. The sub-$2,000 Pentium MMX-based system is thinner than ordinary portables but has roughly the same width and breadth, or footprint. The Presario 1915 will measure 31 millimeters in thickness (about 1.2 inches) and weigh 2.1kilograms (about 4.6 pounds), according to Nikkei. The system will incorporate a 266-Mhz Pentium II processor and a DVD player among other multimedia and Internet features. It will also be the first Compaq home computer to be released initially in the Japanese market. News.com's Tom Dunlap contributed to this story.