1.   The three companies are among the largest computer sellers in the country.

2.   As many computer sellers try to follow Dell Computer Corp. in selling directly to customers over the telephone or Internet, Hand is betting on the personal touch.

3.   Computer sellers, chip makers and data storage giants all are under pressure as the growth cycle slows down.

4.   Computer seller Buy.com also added movies to its site in November, plus books and video games.

5.   Dell grew faster than any other major computer seller in China last year, outpacing the market by three to four times.

6.   Earlier in the week, Office Depot and other computer sellers suffered when technology stocks declined.

7.   In addition, mail order computer seller Micron Computer bundles DragonSystems on its products.

8.   Like Metatools, Micro Warehouse, a mail-order computer seller, has been diversifying well.

9.   Since early last year, for example, employees of Tempe-based computer seller Insight Enterprises have been researching their own business trips via the Internet.

10.   The company leaped to the top ranks of computer sellers by selling low-priced PCs at discount and department store chains.