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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (95617)	2/7/1999 1:00:00 PM
From: Chuzzlewit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Skeeter, you said your dividing by 2 stuff doesn't figure in anywhere. hello?!?!?! btw, what planet do you live on if you think asps for computers only went down 7%? not earth... do you get out much? Actually it does figure, and that is exactly the consideration you need to understand. Basically, what it does is to try to get a handle on total revenues through the period. For example, a 20 % decline in ASP from the previous period is a decline in the end point from the beginning point. In other words, assume for the moment a quarter with a 20 % decline. That might translate to ASP of 2000, 1800, 1600 for a hypothetical quarter. Using the $1800 figure is much more resonable than using 1600. Now throw in seasonal factors and its easy to end up with a mass of seeming contradictions. That's the problem with interpretation of partial data. Furthermore, using Bestbuy as a source of data is highly questionable. CTC