ADVISORY/Dell Announces Webcast AND Broadcast of E-Census News Conference.

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ADVISORY...for Thursday (Sept. 21)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

    MEDIA ADVISORY

    FROM:       DELL COMPUTER CORPORATION  (Nasdaq:DELL)

    SUBJECT:    Webcast AND Broadcast of E-Census News Conference

    WHO:        Kevin Rollins, Dell vice chairman
                Drs. Andrew Whinston and Prabhudev Konana, researchers
                from the University of Texas at Austin's Center for
                Research in Electronic Commerce (CREC).

    WHEN:       2-3 p.m. CDT, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2000

    URL:        http://dell.broadcast.com/directconnect2000

    Dell will Webcast a news conference from Austin, Texas, announcing
results of a major new research study of how businesses use the
Internet. The study, sponsored by Dell, was conducted by the
University of Texas at Austin's Center for Research in Electronic
Commerce (CREC). The CREC is part of UT-Austin's McCombs School of
Business. Two co-authors of the research report will announce the
results and will be available, along with a Dell executive, for media
questions afterwards.

    BROADCASTERS:
    The satellite downlink schedule is:

    E-Census Press Conference
    Sept. 21, 2000
    2-3 p.m. CDT
    Satellite-Galaxy 3 (C-band)
    Transponder-4
    Receive vertical at 3760MHz
    Trouble line: 512/750-7309

    A related news release, embargoed for 3 p.m., will be distributed
over Business Wire at approximately 2 p.m. CDT.

    Additionally, a video news release announcing results of the
UT-Austin study, including comments from a UT-Austin researcher and
from Dell Chairman and CEO Michael Dell, will be available for
satellite downlink as follows: Use of the VNR is embargoed until 3
p.m. CDT

    E-Census VNR
    Sept. 21, 2000
    1:30-2 p.m. CDT
    Satellite-Galaxy 3 (C-band)
    Transponder-4
    Receive vertical at 3760MHz
    Trouble line: 512/750-7309