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To: Eggolas Moria who wrote (112630)	3/26/1999 11:58:00 AM
From: BGR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Gary, Personally, I wouldn't buy a Celeron 333 for $1029 either. But, I am surprised to hear that you are deploying EMachines at work. For starters, I am assuming that you are upgrading to 128 Mb of Ram, which should add some $250+. Factor in you own time as well. Also, what are you doing about networking the machines together? That should add some h/w cost as well as time. Given all that, My estimate would be that the final machine will not even be a sub 1K. Would like to know your thoughts. -BGR.

To: Eggolas Moria who wrote (112630)	3/26/1999 12:17:00 PM
From: PAL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Gary: You are quite right. There is a lady who still likes to drive her Toyota Tercel which has 350,000 miles (kudo to her! - hi freeus). Therefore, I said that some of those first time buyers (you are not in that category) will graduate to a more powerful PC. Hence, the sub 600 could be a training ground for Dell. Ragards Paul.

To: Eggolas Moria who wrote (112630)	3/26/1999 12:51:00 PM
From: Alohal	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 176387

I think your description of your buying plans re emachines is quite revealing. IMO it points up the fact that these machines are add-ons, rather than replacements for planned purchases of new PC's. Several questions come to mind. Would you buy and use these machines as your primary computer? If not, why not? IOW I believe they will fill two niches, neither of which will have a great impact on Dell: (1) They will be used to supplement the more powerful machines, perhaps in a home or small business network (2) They will allow access to the internet for people who would not have bought a computer in the first place. Your thoughts would be appreciated. TIA and aloha