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> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 17:46:55 -0700 > To: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu > From: Sandy Meltzer <sandy@surf.com> > At 04:04 PM 4/29/96 -0600, you wrote: > >For those wondering, I just talked with PC Direct at IBM. According to them, > >the ED will not be available for 4-8 weeks (note that the announcement > >letter claimed immediate availability!). > > > >FWIW... > > Surprise, surprise, surprise! Hmmmm...2 months...yep, that's immediate > for IBM. :-) I just received a fax from the local resaler here at UConn, which they kindly forwarded from IBM. Its 3 pages of ThinkPad products which _all_ read "Allocated" or some code for unavailable this quarter (except for the TP730, a pen based version of the TP750). Whats with IBM's supply?! Is demand that great and their short-sightedness that bad?! Great products, but the VPs who want these ThinkPads want them now! They don't think a full quarter in advance. I've been told that TP distribution will change ~July to contracted distributors. Anything has to be better than this mess. Sincerely, Steamed in Storrs Guy W. Farrell Vox: (860)486-0964 My Desk Network Coordinator, Postmaster (860)486-5000 Main # The UConn Foundation, Inc. (800)269-9965 Toll-free U-Box 206 Fax: (860)486-1615 Storrs, CT 06269-4190 E-mail: gfarrell@oasis.vpia.uconn.edu Computer Support for Institutional Advancement ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~