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To: stockman_scott who wrote (98735)	2/13/1999 12:48:00 PM
From: powershred	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

How to be an famous ANALyst Step 1: Get a degree from a reputable institution Step 2: Get a job at a firm Step 3: Offer your opinion about a company and hope it goes your way. P.S. No previous business building experience necessary. So, should we listen to someone who runs a successful billion dollar business that he started from scratch or to someone trying to make a name for himself and may have never ran a business before??? Can't wait for tuesday to load up some more of them Feb 85s!

To: stockman_scott who wrote (98735)	2/13/1999 12:57:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

Latin America Personal Computer Market Meets Growth Forecast scott: Here is a bit of news about PC biz in LatAm from IDC, looks like the biz is shrinking don't it.<g> ================================ Latin America Personal Computer Market Meets Growth Forecast Despite Obstacles, According to IDC IDC Research Indicates Q4 1998 PC Shipments Grew 6% vs. Q4 1997 Despite Increasing Interest Rates and Vendor Fallout MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., February 10, 1999 -- Preliminary findings from IDC's Latin America Quarterly PC Market Tracker show regional desktop and notebook PC shipments of 1,226,300 for the fourth quarter of 1998. The results have regional shipments increasing by 6.1% over Q4 1997, outpacing projected shipment growth of 5.4%. "Low cost PCs were a principal driver of the market in the holiday season," said Loren Loverde, Latin America Personal Systems research manager for IDC. "Despite high interest rates vendors were able to capture year-end business spending and attract consumers interest." Both local and international vendors expanded their offering of low cost systems with AMD and Cyrix chips as well as Intel's Celeron processor. According to IDC data, the average cost of a desktop system in Latin America was down to $1,340 in Q4 1998 versus roughly $1,500 at the beginning of the year, and over $1,700 during 1997. Brazil and Argentina led the region in shipment growth with nineteen percent and thirteen percent, respectively. Brazil's PC market proved to be unexpectedly resilient during the fourth quarter despite interest rates near 50%. Argentina also saw a good quarter considering a slowdown in the local economy. Mexico's PC shipments were up roughly ten percent from Q497, but rose 26 percent from the previous quarter. While the Venezuelan market recovered somewhat from a dismal Q3, shipments were still well behind both Q497 and the first half of 1998. The Chilean market which has also suffered recently from economic problems declined slightly in the fourth quarter. The fourth quarter results brought 1998 annual shipments to nearly 4.16 million units, up twelve percent over 1997. However, the recent devaluation of the Brazilian Real, and its impact on the region's economies, is expected to significantly slow PC market growth in 1999.