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To: jim kelley who wrote (54841)	3/25/1999 3:38:00 PM
From: rupert1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

Looks like this table uses trailing p/e. COMPAQ's further skewed by DEC/Tandem factors. _________________________________________ SMART MONEY A 12.30 p.m. progress report on PC stocks PCs SYM LAST PRICE P/E 52-WK HI 52-WK LO NET CHG. % CHG. (AAPL) 33.50 12.3 47.31 24.69 -0.188 -0.557 (CPQ) 31.38 36.9 51.25 22.94 -0.063 -0.199 (DELL) 38.06 73.2 55.00 15.66 -0.438 -1.136 (GTW) 64.94 29.8 84.50 36.13 -1.250 -1.889 (HWP) 67.75 23.9 83.88 47.06 0.438 0.650 (IBM) 170.25 25.9 199.25 102.50 0.750 0.442 Quote As Of 03/25 3:03PM The PC sector lost steam Thursday. SmartMoney pick Apple Computer rose after CEO Steve Jobs said at the company's annual shareholder meeting Wednesday that the company would focus more on selling PCs to the small-business market. Apple also said it does not plan to announce a stock-buyback program or make acquisitions right now. Separately, IBM said Thursday that it signed an agreement with Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica (TEF) to jointly market their information technology in Spain and Latin America. Wednesday, IBM revealed that its PC business lost $1 billion, before taxes, last year. Steven Milunovich at Merrill Lynch, who reiterated his Buy rating Wednesday, said the company should exit the PC business to focus on its more profitable software and services businesses. MR