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To: Gottfried who wrote (29542)	4/13/1999 7:53:00 AM
From: Jeffrey D	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Gottfried/all, portion of a Bloomberg article this morning on which way the tech. market might go this morning. Naz 100 future is up alittle bit as well. Jeff Computer-related stocks may gain, paring yesterday's decline after Compaq Computer Corp., the world's biggest maker of personal computers, warned first quarter profit will be about half of analysts' forecasts. Technology stocks may also be buoyed before Intel Corp. reports profit after the close of trading today. << Intel, the world's largest computer chipmaker, is expected to say first-quarter earnings rose to 55 cents a share, the average forecast of analysts polled by First Call Corp. In the year-ago period, profit before a charge was a split-adjusted 40 cents a share. Intel rose 3/4 to 62 in European trading, according to Madoff Securities International Inc. International Business Machines Corp. gained 1/4 to 183 3/4 and Compaq gained 3/8 to 24 1/2. >>

To: Gottfried who wrote (29542)	4/13/1999 2:17:00 PM
From: gugie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Re: cheap computers (E-Machine, et al)Is your current machine better? Quick poll: Who out there uses a machine that's "better" than the $399 box that E-Machines is selling? Here's what I've got: Toshiba laptop, 133MHz, 64 MB of RAM, 2 GB hard drive, 28.8 modem, slower, less memory filled graphics card, 20-speed CD-ROM. So if I replaced it with one of these $399 non-state of the art machines, I'd still be better off, overall, and if I just throw in a few more bucks, I'd have more RAM. Just wouldn't be portable, which I'm caring less and less about anyway. I'm seriously thinking of changing my computer strategy to budgeting for a new machine yearly ($3-500?), buying a monitor/keyboard/mouse switch, and running them at less than full capacity, i.e. one machine has MS Office and other business apps, the oldest ones used as file/print servers, and another has a scanner, camera, and other peripherals hooked up. Sort of like balancing the load. Also, if one goes down, I've got a backup. Network the house, and I could have one in the office, one in the kitchen, and one in the living room so I could surf and watch TV at the same time. So why should I buy top of the line? Just a year or two ago, the sweet spot for value was around $1k-the new sweet spot is below $400.