1.   Amazon will contract with manufacturers or third parties to ship the computers.

2.   An NEC spokesman said the company expects to start shipping computers fitted with the software between October and December, with late November being most likely.

3.   And Dell has just begun shipping computers from a vast new Nashville factory.

4.   Apple has long shipped its computers with networking cards inside that make wire-based networks possible in homes.

5.   Advanced Micro said IBM and Compaq Computer Corp. as well as other manufacturers would immediately begin shipping computers using the new processor.

6.   Advanced Micro said IBM and Compaq Computer, as well as other manufacturers, would immediately begin shipping computers using the new processor.

7.   Compaq recently began shipping computers that use chips made by Advanced Micro, a top-tier endorsement that had previously eluded that company.

8.   Dataquest analyst Kim Brown said he was pleased that Apple shipped more computers in the third quarter than it had in the second quarter.

9.   Dell Computer Corp. has not been able to ship computers from Taiwan since Wednesday, a company executive said.

10.   Earlier this month, IBM introduced a service that allows individuals and small businesses to ship old computers to a recycling center.