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To: jim kelley who wrote (87060)	12/27/1998 7:24:00 PM
From: jim kelley	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

Re: DELL"s Competitive Advantage 2.... Hi Jrevere and others, Let me first of all reitereate my support (obviously) I own CPQ. I am also thankful for my partner discount but the Dell and Gateway is still cheaper. Pls go to Dell's Online store and see if I made a mistake: I priced a Dell Dimension XPS r Pentium II 400, 128 Mg Ram, comfort keyboard, 17" monitor, 16 mb stb AGP graphics card,8.4 GB H>D>, floppy, 32X cdrom, Iomega internal zip, everything else standard $1873.oo out the door. Similar Gateway $1925.00 Compaq's online store: Presario 5600-400 pentium II, 128 mg, 10 GB HD, 32X CDRom,17: monitor, 16 MG Diamond Viper, no digital imaging center, floppy has zip w three discs and warranty 1yrparts/1yr on site/1yr carry on for $39.00 to be equal to Dell. Everything else standard $1992.95 out the door These similar computers were priced yesterday 12/26. I will buy one of the three but only after Pentium lowers the price so the manufacturer can respond similarly and pass on the savings. They are all configured as closely as I can given the varying components. I hope compaq wins but they are behind in the stretch Enjoy......

To: jim kelley who wrote (87060)	12/28/1998 2:32:00 AM
From: Gemini	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

You forgot Dell's one big advantage over Compaq -- Dell's unlimited tech support at no charge over the life of the computer regardless of who owns it. And the quality of Dell's tech support is superior to Compaq's in my opinion as an owner of both products. How do you put a price on that? Allan

To: jim kelley who wrote (87060)	12/28/1998 11:52:00 AM
From: nihil	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

re: Buy a Dell I heard compaq loses money on every sale to stockholders, which is why the deal is so cheesy. Do compaq a favor, enroll in school (to get edu discount) and Buy a Dell (then drop out during the tuition refund period). Dell will also lose money and its stock will get cheaper (-$8 spread out over billion shares), improving compaq's competitive position and raising CPQ price. then you can sell the risen CPQ and buy the fallen DELL, and then you will own both a computer and a company that works. It takes a little calculation to value the arbitrage, but a quick calculation suggests its a moneymaker. That is what you wanted to hear from this thread, wasn't it?