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____/ Homer on Saturday 19 July 2008 23:42 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Linonut spake thusly:
>> * Rex Ballard peremptorily fired off this memo:
>>
>>> Retailers really take the bath. They pay for the computers and when
>>> they sit unsold on the shelves (because customers are ordering via the
>>> Web), the inventory get so stale that they eventually have to deep-
>>> discount it as much as 50% just to get the stuff off the shelf.
>>>
>>> CompUSA closed it's stores. Best Buy has just stopped ordering new
>>> inventory, and Staples just orders a "display unit".
>>
>> And a few weeks ago, Office Depot offered "CLEARANCE" models in their
>> Sunday brochures two weeks in a row.
>
> The Wintel market is *doomed* I tell ya ;)
Even Intel has moved on to netbooks (f* kill oLPC product), which accounted for
much of their gains... other than bribing shops to take AMD off their shelves.
- --
~~ Best of wishes
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