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| 4463.1 | | ROWLET::AINSLEY | Less than 150 kts. is TOO slow! | Tue Mar 05 1996 08:54 | 8 |
| re: .0
Digital exited the HOME PC market a few months ago. The only Digital
PCs you will see anywhere are those designed for the business market.
The wisdom of this has been discused elsewhere in this notesfile.
Bob
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| 4463.2 | | METSYS::THOMPSON | | Tue Mar 05 1996 12:35 | 10 |
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There was an interesting article in the WSJ (Web version) today.
Apparently the $10 off our stock is due to the 'Corporate PC buyer'
deferring purchases until later this year. Meanwhile the home PC buyer
is still on a buying spree.
We just couldn't have picked a better time to bail out of the home pc market.
M
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| 4463.3 | Lots at Circuit City | NEMAIL::GEIS | Diane Ciuffetti Geis, 238-4992 | Tue Mar 05 1996 13:07 | 14 |
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Interesting...we were in the Circuit City in Manchester, NH, over
the past weekend and there were several Starion's prominently
displayed.
We weren't looking for a PC at the time, but it appeared that the
store was having a sale on PC's in general, and there were a number
of people looking at Starions.
Being a good doobie, I didn't mention that these were the last
members of the Starion line. :-)
Diane
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| 4463.4 | | DUPS::KAM | Kam USDS (714)261-4133 (DTN 535) IVO | Tue Mar 05 1996 18:11 | 14 |
| Last time we talked with the PCBU this is the message we got and it's
now in FINE print:
... Starions were sold through retailers and Venturis models were sold
through VARs and Distributors. Venturis will now be sold through both
commerical and consumer channels. ...
Digital Age/ March 1996 pg. 13
I hope this is the message so that Digital still has named recognization
in the consumer market.
Regards,
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| 4463.5 | | tennis.ivo.dec.com::KAM | Kam WWSE 714/261.4133 DTN/535.4133 IVO | Wed Mar 06 1996 12:02 | 2 |
| Saw two 9xx Starions in Circuit City in Mission Viejo, California last
night. Seems to be some availability.
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| 4463.6 | | QUARK::LIONEL | Free advice is worth every cent | Wed Mar 06 1996 12:12 | 6 |
| CompUSA has not been selling much of anything of ours recently. It makes me
wonder for how much longer we'll have the employee discount there.
Other outlets have been advertising and displaying the Starion systems -
while they last.
Steve
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| 4463.7 | going, going ...gone | SWAM1::MEUSE_DA | | Wed Mar 06 1996 14:11 | 5 |
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Circuit City in Thousand Oaks, Ca.is advertising our Starions on sale.
But....it's mentioned..."limited to stock on hand".
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| 4463.8 | CompUSA TV ad still shows us | LABC::HA | | Mon Mar 11 1996 12:04 | 7 |
| I saw a TV ad over the weekend for CompUSA advertising a PC and
mentioning they had other PCs from Compaq, IBM, Packard Bell, and
Digital (among others) - even had our logo put up on the screen. First
time I've seen that in any ad from a retailer.
Michael
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| 4463.9 | ? | USCTR1::GHIGGINS | Oh Whoa Is Moe | Mon Mar 11 1996 17:48 | 2 |
| Hmmmm. The only TV ad I've seen lately showing our logo is for
Circuit City....
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| 4463.10 | Ditto on Circuit City Ad | CHIPS::LEIBRANDT | | Mon Mar 11 1996 19:41 | 1 |
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| 4463.11 | Speaking of ads... | RICKS::PHIPPS | DTN 225.4959 | Tue Mar 12 1996 07:25 | 10 |
| Just got a TigerDirect catalog in the mail last night that has an
"over-cover" advertising their network server solutions staring Digital.
Lead roles by Digital Prioris ZX $11K to $21K and Digital Prioris HX
between $10K and $21K. Also the Prioris XL and LX for they dyslexic from
$2.7K to $7.2K and $2.5K to $4K respectively.
All the server software by Digital you could want.
mikeP
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| 4463.12 | | WLDBIL::KILGORE | Stop Global Whining! | Tue Mar 12 1996 07:49 | 7 |
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Well, this isn't an ad in a flyer, but I thought it was prety cool...
My sons were watching World Cup men's downhill skiing this past Sunday, and
they noted that the leader (Kjus?) had "digital[logo] PC" (in the
proper colors) displayed on his left shoulder.
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| 4463.13 | | SWAM1::GOLDMAN_MA | I'm getting verklempt! | Wed Mar 13 1996 16:44 | 10 |
| My local CompUSA no longer sells Digital anything, either - not even a
printer cartridge to be found. Starions in evidence at Circuit City
and Incredible Universe in AZ area. The best models, however, are out
of stock at IU, with only the top and bottom of the line available.
IU is currently pushing the PBs, of course, with Acer running second.
Ugh.
M.
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| 4463.14 | | QUARK::LIONEL | Free advice is worth every cent | Wed Mar 13 1996 17:10 | 3 |
| Lechmere in Nashua had a Starion 960 on display as of yesterday.
Steve
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| 4463.15 | | rmulac.dvo.dec.com::S_WATTUM | OSI Applications Engineering, RockyMtns | Thu Mar 14 1996 09:08 | 2 |
| Incredible Universe had a TV ad this morning with a Digital (note the uppercase
D) 166 Mhz Pentium on sale.
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| 4463.16 | | TKOVOA::MIZOGUCHI | | Thu Mar 14 1996 21:31 | 17 |
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I have seen several STARIONs on display at Fry Computers which is close to
our Santa Clara,California office last week.
STARION 911 $1399
917 $1795
931 $2195
940 $2495
950 $2699
960 $2895
are price.
I did not see DHU.
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| 4463.17 | Nice Starion display at Lechmere, Nashua | ICS::MORRISEY | | Fri Mar 15 1996 11:26 | 8 |
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Lechmere in Nashua had 4 Starion models up and running on display
last evening, from the 910 to the 960, all with monitors running a
nice little 'attention getter' ad thing. Each model had a 'tear sheet'
of informaton about the model. 'Best display' of any manufacturer
in the department.
Most people were taking the information sheet for the 960 model.
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