61. If Compaq sells new computers to Exxon Mobil, for example, Compaq can book the entire sale immediately as revenue. 62. If IBM struggles, it remains open and continues selling computers for the rest of the year. 63. In April, Compaq filed a lawsuit accusing Packard Bell of selling new computers without telling customers they contained used parts. 64. In addition, most new Macintosh computers are being sold to current Mac owners, rather than to first-time buyers. 65. In magazine ads, Albert Einstein sells computers, while Marilyn Monroe urges us to try a certain perfume and Audrey Hepburn pitches sunglasses. 66. Instead of buying another company that sells computers through resellers, Young said direct seller Gateway Inc. would have been a better fit for H-P. 67. It added an internet retail site and struck a deal with IBM that lets it sell computers to the business market. 68. It now is switching to larger stores that sell more computers and will beef up its own Internet software business. 69. It sells computers wholesale. 70. It should also mean a better deal for the flagship company, which will continue to sell computers worldwide under the Acer name. |