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To: Thomas G. Busillo who wrote (45441)	4/28/1999 10:09:00 PM
From: Bill F.	Respond to of 53903

no sweat-that is the reason i commented ,just so you would know what really happened.i wasn't trying to be critical.

To: Thomas G. Busillo who wrote (45441)	4/28/1999 10:17:00 PM
From: DJBEINO	Respond to of 53903

Dell continues to see PC growth at 14-15 pct, co to outpace overall mkt growth SAN FRANCISCO (AFX-ASIA) - Dell Computer Corp continues to expect personal computer market shipments to grow at 14-15 pct in "the next few years", and its own shipments to outpace overall market growth, chief financial officer Tom Meredith said. Speaking at the Hambrecht & Quist technology conference here, Meredith said Dell also expects shipments to grow in the first half of the year, a period in which PC sales are often at their worse. He added that concerns about a slowdown in PC sales were unfounded, given the "fairly predictive" flat growth in shipments in the first quarter from the fourth quarter in every year. "Because we are both the manufacturer and (distribution) channel, we are a far better proxy for demand than the indirect channel," Meredith said. He noted that while Dell ranked second in U.S. PC shipments in the third quarter, it slipped to third place in the fourth quarter, as "we were not filling the pipeline". Dell expects PC growth to be fueled in part by growth in global spending on information technology and broadband access. He noted that countries outside of the U.S spend half the percentage of gross domestic product on IT than does the U.S.