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To: Earlie who wrote (52947)	3/22/1999 2:47:00 PM
From: Tommaso	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Looked at the DELL thread. Aloha1 is all upset because Schwab gave him a false confirmation for buying Dell at 37 1/4 and it was a mistake and it was 37 1/2 and he had missed that wonderful chance. And now anyone can buy Dell for 37 1/4--or could, one minute ago.

To: Earlie who wrote (52947)	3/22/1999 4:37:00 PM
From: Peter Singleton	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 132070

Earlie, Mike M, from the CNet article Mike linked, yeeps! 2/99 retail PCs selling for $1,500 and more dropped by 70% in units from 2/98. <<Sub-$1,000 PCs continued to dominate at PC retailers, with the largest growth in the sub-$600 market, which swelled 657 percent over February 1998. Sub-$600 PC sales now represent 19.9 percent of PCs sold at retail, according to market researcher PC Data. Segments of PCs above $600 fared as follows: €PCs falling in the $600 to $1,000 range: Unit share fell 12.9 percent, although it remained the largest portion of the retail PC market with 42 percent. €PCs priced between $1,000 and $1,500 accounted for 33.3 percent of sales in February, and represented a 5 percent increase over January 1999 and a 4.6 percent gain over February 1998. €Sales of PCs priced at more than $1,500 represented only 5 percent of total retail sales, and registered a 70 percent unit decline over February 1998.>>