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To: MeDroogies who wrote (24776)	5/12/1999 8:41:00 PM
From: soup	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

Can Apple become an e-commerce portal? By Jim Davis via CNET May 12, 1999, 2:15 p.m. PT >Apple Computer wants to improve e-commerce by making it easier to compare prices and link to sellers, and it might just be laying the foundation for its own e-commerce play.< news.com oob-la-di, oob-la-da ... life goes on ... brah! la la how da life goes on ...

To: MeDroogies who wrote (24776)	5/12/1999 8:46:00 PM
From: WebDrone	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213177

Droogies, Looks like PPC is in solid supply, so why buy sgi? I figure SGI would be good for 3d software and servers, in case the supply of PPC chips dried up and Apple needed an alternative platform to run OSX on. As you may recall, SGI used to own MIPS... IBM just landed a contract to supply Nintendo with... get this... 400Mhz Cu PPC chips. Maybe by Christmas. Nintendo used to use chips from MIPS,which is up 15% today... go figure! < Nintendo, IBM team up on Dolphin By Michael Kanellos Staff, CNET News.com May 12, 1999, 5:10 p.m. PT ... Nintendo's new gaming system, code-named Dolphin, will be one of several hybrid machines coming to the market late this year and in 2000, blurring the line between game consoles and home PCs. Such new systems will feature not only great graphics and fast processors, but also DVD drives, modems, browsing capabilities, software compatibility, and other accessories that will allow them to perform many of the functions associated with multimedia home computers. Sony's PlayStation 2, for instance, can be configured with a DVD drive, high speed Rambus memory, USB ports, digital surround sound, and an "Emotion" processor that will outperform a Pentium III in certain respects, according to analysts. It arrives in late 2000. ... Dolphin, which arrives in time for the holidays in 2000, will be distinguished by its processor. The system will come with a copper 400-MHz PowerPC chip, code-named Gekko, that is similar to the highest-speed processor used currently in Apple computer systems. The contract could amount to sales of up to $1 billion in processors, according to IBM. Currently, Nintendo incorporates a processor designed by MIPS Technologies in its Nintendo 64 consoles. MIPS currently gets 75 percent of its revenue from Nintendo.> news.com

To: MeDroogies who wrote (24776)	5/12/1999 10:27:00 PM
From: J R KARY	Respond to of 213177

MeD , its timing , SGI now could be a "easy one" for a strategic AAPL Alliance With yesterday's G 4 demo and a coming suitable Unix GUI OS , AAPL will be in a position to hammer SGI's low level workstation market . SGI has time to THIMK about it . Ole Larry E's NCI uses SGI's MIPs CPUs and he just made a deal (news yesterday) with AOL etc. Suspect Larry's friend Steve will allow proper time for the ink to dry on that contract . In the meantime there is behind the scenes movement by SGI toward AAPL through a 3rd party connectivity offering: ---- " Intergraph and SGI (Silicon Graphics) now both include versions of PC MACLAN with every workstation shipped. Intergraph has been including PC MACLAN for Windows NT with their ViZual Workstations for over a year while SGI has recently begun bundling a demo copy of PC MACLAN for Windows NT with their 320 and 540 Workstations. Intergraph's and SGI's inclusion of PC MACLAN is a testament to its validity as the cross-platform connectivity solution for Mac to NT interoperability. " For Info: ... see the March issue of PUBLISHING & PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE magazine or visit SGI's at sgi.com ---- Its one word* MeD , timing . Well almost one word ; low cost G 3, 4s and Server OS X add a few more. Jim K. * - credit "one word" to the movie "The Graduate"