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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                                 PeoplePC Inc.

                             AMENDED AND RESTATED

                            1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN


1.   Purposes.

     (a)  Eligible Option Recipients.  The persons eligible to receive Options
are the Employees, Directors and Consultants of the Company and its Affiliates.

     (b)  Available Options.  The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means by
which eligible recipients of Options may be given an opportunity to benefit from
increases in value of the Common Stock through the granting of the following
Options: (i) Incentive Stock Options and (ii) Nonstatutory Stock Options.

     (c)  General Purpose.  The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain
the services of the group of persons eligible to receive Options, to secure and
retain the services of new members of this group and to provide incentives for
such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success of the Company and its
Affiliates.

2.   Definitions.

     (a)  "Affiliate" means any parent corporation or subsidiary corporation of
the Company, whether now or hereafter existing, as those terms are defined in
Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the Code.

     (b)  "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

     (c)  "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     (d)  "Committee" means a Committee appointed by the Board in accordance
with subsection 3(c).

     (e)  "Common Stock" means the common stock of the Company.

     (f)  "Company" means PeoplePC Inc., a Delaware corporation.

     (g)  "Consultant" means any person, including an advisor, (i) engaged by
the Company or an Affiliate to render consulting or advisory services and who is
compensated for such services or (ii) who is a member of the Board of Directors
of an Affiliate. However, the term "Consultant" shall not include either
Directors of the Company who are not compensated by the Company for their
services as Directors or Directors of the Company who are merely paid a
director's fee by the Company for their services as Directors.

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     (h)  "Continuous Service" means that the Optionholder's service with the
Company or an Affiliate, whether as an Employee, Director or Consultant, is not
interrupted or terminated.  The Optionholder's Continuous Service shall not be
deemed to have terminated merely because of a change in the capacity in which
the Optionholder renders service to the Company or an Affiliate as an Employee,
Consultant or Director or a change in the entity for which the Optionholder
renders such service, provided that there is no interruption or termination of
the Optionholder's Continuous Service.  For example, a change in status from an
Employee of the Company to a Consultant of an Affiliate or a Director of the
Company will not constitute an interruption of Continuous Service.  The Board or
the chief executive officer of the Company, in that party's sole discretion, may
determine whether Continuous Service shall be considered interrupted in the case
of any leave of absence approved by that party, including sick leave, military
leave or any other personal leave.

     (i)  "Covered Employee" means the chief executive officer and the four (4)
other highest compensated officers of the Company for whom total compensation is
required to be reported to stockholders under the Exchange Act, as determined
for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.

     (j)  "Director" means a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.

     (k)  "Disability" means (i) before the Listing Date, the inability of a
person, in the opinion of a qualified physician acceptable to the Company, to
perform the major duties of that person's position with the Company or an
Affiliate of the Company because of the sickness or injury of the person and
(ii) after the Listing Date, the permanent and total disability of a person
within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

     (l)  "Employee" means any person employed by the Company or an Affiliate.
Mere service as a Director or payment of a director's fee by the Company or an
Affiliate shall not be sufficient to constitute "employment" by the Company or
an Affiliate.

     (m)  "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     (n)  "Fair Market Value" means, as of any date, the value of the Common
Stock determined as follows:

          (i)  If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange
or traded on the Nasdaq National Market or the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the Fair
Market Value of a share of Common Stock shall be the closing sales price for
such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such
exchange or market (or the exchange or market with the greatest volume of
trading in the Common Stock) on the last market trading day prior to the day of
determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as
the Board deems reliable.

          (ii) In the absence of such markets for the Common Stock, the Fair
Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Board.

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          (iii)  Prior to the Listing Date, the value of the Common Stock shall
be determined in a manner consistent with Section 260.140.50 of Title 10 of the
California Code of Regulations.

     (o)  "Incentive Stock Option" means an Option intended to qualify as an
incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and the
regulations promulgated thereunder.

     (p)  "Listing Date" means the first date upon which any security of the
Company is listed (or approved for listing) upon notice of issuance on any
securities exchange or designated (or approved for designation) upon notice of
issuance as a national market security on an interdealer quotation system if
such securities exchange or interdealer quotation system has been certified in
accordance with the provisions of Section 25100(o) of the California Corporate
Securities Law of 1968.

     (q)  "Non-Employee Director" means a Director of the Company who either (i)
is not a current Employee or Officer of the Company or its parent or a
subsidiary, does not receive compensation (directly or indirectly) from the
Company or its parent or a subsidiary for services rendered as a consultant or
in any capacity other than as a Director (except for an amount as to which
disclosure would not be required under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated
pursuant to the Securities Act ("Regulation S-K")), does not possess an interest
in any other transaction as to which disclosure would be required under Item
404(a) of Regulation S-K and is not engaged in a business relationship as to
which disclosure would be required under Item 404(b) of Regulation S-K; or (ii)
is otherwise considered a "non-employee director" for purposes of Rule 16b-3.

     (r)  "Nonstatutory Stock Option" means an Option not intended to qualify as
an Incentive Stock Option.

     (s)  "Officer" means (i) before the Listing Date, any person designated by
the Company as an officer and (ii) on and after the Listing Date, a person who
is an officer of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange
Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

     (t)  "Option" means an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock
Option granted pursuant to the Plan.

     (u)  "Option Agreement" means a written agreement between the Company and
an Optionholder evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Option
grant. Each Option Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the
Plan.

     (v)  "Optionholder" means a person to whom an Option is granted pursuant to
the Plan or, if applicable, such other person who holds an outstanding Option.

     (w)  "Outside Director" means a Director of the Company who either (i) is
not a current employee of the Company or an "affiliated corporation" (within the
meaning of Treasury

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Regulations promulgated under Section 162(m) of the Code), is not a former
employee of the Company or an "affiliated corporation" receiving compensation
for prior services (other than benefits under a tax qualified pension plan), was
not an officer of the Company or an "affiliated corporation" at any time and is
not currently receiving direct or indirect remuneration from the Company or an
"affiliated corporation" for services in any capacity other than as a Director
or (ii) is otherwise considered an "outside director" for purposes of Section
162(m) of the Code.

     (x)  "Plan" means this PeoplePC Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan.

     (y)  "Rule 16b-3" means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act or
any successor to Rule 16b-3, as in effect from time to time.

     (z)  "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     (aa) "Ten Percent Shareholder" means a person who owns (or is deemed to own
pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) stock possessing more than ten percent
(10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company
or of any of its Affiliates.

3.   Administration.

     (a)  Administration by Board. The Board shall administer the Plan unless
and until the Board delegates administration to a Committee, as provided in
subsection 3(c).

     (b)  Powers of Board.  The Board shall have the power, subject to, and
within the limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan:

          (i)    To determine from time to time which of the persons eligible
under the Plan shall be granted Options; when and how each Option shall be
granted; what type of Option shall be granted; the provisions of each Option
granted (which need not be identical), including the time or times when a person
shall be permitted to receive stock pursuant to an Option; and the number of
shares with respect to which an Option shall be granted to each such person.

          (ii)   To construe and interpret the Plan and Options granted under
it, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations for its
administration. The Board, in the exercise of this power, may correct any
defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan or in any Option Agreement, in a
manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan
fully effective.

          (iii)  To amend the Plan or an Option as provided in Section 11.

          (iv)   Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as
the Board deems necessary or expedient to promote the best interests of the
Company which are not in conflict with the provisions of the Plan.

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     (c)  Delegation to Committee.

          (i)    General. The Board may delegate administration of the Plan to a
Committee or Committees of one or more members of the Board, and the term
"Committee" shall apply to any person or persons to whom such authority has been
delegated. If administration is delegated to a Committee, the Committee shall
have, in connection with the administration of the Plan, the powers theretofore
possessed by the Board, including the power to delegate to a subcommittee any of
the administrative powers the Committee is authorized to exercise (and
references in this Plan to the Board shall thereafter be to the Committee or
subcommittee), subject, however, to such resolutions, not inconsistent with the
provisions of the Plan, as may be adopted from time to time by the Board. The
Board may abolish the Committee at any time and revest in the Board the
administration of the Plan.

          (ii)   Committee Composition when Common Stock is Publicly Traded. At
such time as the Common Stock is publicly traded, in the discretion of the
Board, a Committee may consist solely of two or more Outside Directors, in
accordance with Section 162(m) of the Code, and/or solely of two or more Non-
Employee Directors, in accordance with Rule 16b-3. Within the scope of such
authority, the Board or the Committee may (i) delegate to a committee of one or
more members of the Board who are not Outside Directors the authority to grant
Options to eligible persons who are either (1) not then Covered Employees and
are not expected to be Covered Employees at the time of recognition of income
resulting from such Option or (2) not persons with respect to whom the Company
wishes to comply with Section 162(m) of the Code and/or) (ii) delegate to a
committee of one or more members of the Board who are not Non-Employee Directors
the authority to grant Options to eligible persons who are not then subject to
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

4.   Shares Subject to the Plan.

     (a)  Share Reserve.  Subject to the provisions of Section 10 relating to
adjustments upon changes in stock, the stock that may be issued pursuant to
Options shall not exceed in the aggregate 21,560,000 shares of Common Stock.

     (b)  Reversion of Shares to the Share Reserve.  If any Option shall for any
reason expire or otherwise terminate, in whole or in part, without having been
exercised in full, the stock not acquired under such Option shall revert to and
again become available for issuance under the Plan.  If any Common Stock
acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Option shall for any reason be
repurchased by the Company under an unvested share repurchase option provided
under the Plan, the stock repurchased by the Company under such repurchase
option shall not revert to and again become available for issuance under the
Plan.

     (c)  Source of Shares.  The stock subject to the Plan may be unissued
shares or reacquired shares, bought on the market or otherwise.

     (d)  Share Reserve Limitation.  Prior to the Listing Date, at no time shall
the total number of shares issuable upon exercise of all outstanding Options and
the total number of shares provided for under any stock bonus or similar plan of
the Company exceed the applicable

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percentage as calculated in accordance with the conditions and exclusions of
Section 260.140.45 of Title 10 of the California Code of Regulations, based on
the shares of the Company which are outstanding at the time the calculation is
made.

5.   Eligibility.

     (a)  Eligibility for Specific Options. Incentive Stock Options may be
granted only to Employees. Nonstatutory Stock Options may be granted to
Employees, Directors and Consultants.

     (b)  Ten Percent Stockholders. No Ten Percent Shareholder shall be eligible
for the grant of an Incentive Stock Option unless the exercise price of such
Option is at least one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of
the Common Stock at the date of grant and the Option is not exercisable after
the expiration of five (5) years from the date of grant.

          Prior to the Listing Date, no Ten Percent Shareholder shall be
eligible for the grant of a Nonstatutory Stock Option unless the exercise price
of such Option is at least one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market
Value of the Common Stock at the date of grant.

     (c)  Section 162(m) Limitation.  Subject to the provisions of Section 10
relating to adjustments upon changes in stock, no employee shall be eligible to
be granted Options covering more than 4,800,000 shares of the Common Stock
during any calendar year.  This subsection 5(c) shall not apply prior to the
Listing Date and, following the Listing Date, this subsection 5(c) shall not
apply until (i) the earliest of:  (1) the first material modification of the
Plan (including any increase in the number of shares reserved for issuance under
the Plan in accordance with Section 4); (2) the issuance of all of the shares of
Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan; (3) the expiration of the
Plan; or (4) the first meeting of stockholders at which Directors of the Company
are to be elected that occurs after the close of the third calendar year
following the calendar year in which occurred the first registration of an
equity security under Section 12 of the Exchange Act; or (ii) such other date
required by Section 162(m) of the Code and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.

6.   Option Provisions.

     Each Option shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate.  All Options shall be separately
designated Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options at the time of
grant, and a separate certificate or certificates will be issued for shares
purchased on exercise of each type of Option.  The provisions of separate
Options need not be identical, but each Option shall include (through
incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the Option or otherwise) the
substance of each of the following provisions:

     (a)  Term.  Subject to the provisions of subsection 5(b) regarding Ten
Percent Stockholders, no Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten
(10) years from the date it was granted.

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     (b)  Exercise Price of an Incentive Stock Option. Subject to the provisions
of subsection 5(b) regarding Ten Percent Stockholders, the exercise price of
each Incentive Stock Option shall be not less than one hundred percent (100%) of
the Fair Market Value of the stock subject to the Option on the date the Option
is granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Incentive Stock Option may be
granted with an exercise price lower than that set forth in the preceding
sentence if such Option is granted pursuant to an assumption or substitution for
another option in a manner satisfying the provisions of Section 424(a) of the
Code.

     (c)  Exercise Price of a Nonstatutory Stock Option.  Subject to the
provisions of subsection 5(b) regarding Ten Percent Stockholders, the exercise
price of each Nonstatutory Stock Option granted prior to the Listing Date shall
be not less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of the stock
subject to the Option on the date the Option is granted. The exercise price of
each Nonstatutory Stock Option granted on or after the Listing Date shall be not
less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of the stock
subject to the Option on the date the Option is granted. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a Nonstatutory Stock Option may be granted with an exercise price
lower than that set forth in the preceding sentence if such Option is granted
pursuant to an assumption or substitution for another option in a manner
satisfying the provisions of Section 424(a) of the Code.

     (d)  Consideration.  The purchase price of stock acquired pursuant to an
Option shall be paid, to the extent permitted by applicable statutes and
regulations, either (i) in cash at the time the Option is exercised or (ii) at
the discretion of the Board at the time of the grant of the Option (or
subsequently in the case of a Nonstatutory Stock Option) by (1) delivery to the
Company of other Common Stock, (2) according to a deferred payment or other
arrangement (which may include, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the use of other Common Stock) with the Optionholder or (3) in any
other form of legal consideration that may be acceptable to the Board; provided,
however, that at any time that the Company is incorporated in Delaware, payment
of the Common Stock's "par value," as defined in the Delaware General
Corporation Law, shall not be made by deferred payment.

     In the case of any deferred payment arrangement, interest shall be
compounded at least annually and shall be charged at the minimum rate of
interest necessary to avoid the treatment as interest, under any applicable
provisions of the Code, of any amounts other than amounts stated to be interest
under the deferred payment arrangement.

     (e)  Transferability of an Incentive Stock Option. An Incentive Stock
Option shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and
distribution and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the Optionholder
only by the Optionholder. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
subsection 6(e), the Optionholder may, by delivering written notice to the
Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in
the event of the death of the Optionholder, shall thereafter be entitled to
exercise the Option.

     (f)  Transferability of a Nonstatutory Stock Option.  A Nonstatutory Stock
Option granted prior to the Listing Date shall not be transferable except by
will or by the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable during
the lifetime of the Optionholder only by the Optionholder.  A Nonstatutory Stock
Option granted on or after the Listing Date shall be

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transferable to the extent provided in the Option Agreement. If the Nonstatutory
Stock Option does not provide for transferability, then the Nonstatutory Stock
Option shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and
distribution and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the Optionholder
only by the Optionholder. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
subsection 6(f), the Optionholder may, by delivering written notice to the
Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in
the event of the death of the Optionholder, shall thereafter be entitled to
exercise the Option.

     (g)  Vesting Generally. The total number of shares of Common Stock subject
to an Option may, but need not, vest and therefore become exercisable in
periodic installments which may, but need not, be equal. The Option may be
subject to such other terms and conditions on the time or times when it may be
exercised (which may be based on performance or other criteria) as the Board may
deem appropriate. The vesting provisions of individual Options may vary. The
provisions of this subsection 6(g) are subject to any Option provisions
governing the minimum number of shares as to which an Option may be exercised.

     (h)  Minimum Vesting Prior to the Listing Date. Notwithstanding the
foregoing subsection 6(g), Options granted prior to the Listing Date shall
provide for vesting of the total number of shares at a rate of at least twenty
percent (20%) per year over five (5) years from the date the Option was granted,
subject to reasonable conditions such as continued employment. However, in the
case of such Options granted to Officers, Directors or Consultants, the Option
may become fully exercisable, subject to reasonable conditions such as continued
employment, at any time or during any period established by the Company; for
example, the vesting provision of the Option may provide for vesting of less
than twenty percent (20%) per year of the total number of shares subject to the
Option.

     (i)  Termination of Continuous Service.  In the event an Optionholder's
Continuous Service terminates (other than upon the Optionholder's death or
Disability), the Optionholder may exercise his or her Option (to the extent that
the Optionholder was entitled to exercise it as of the date of termination) but
only within such period of time ending on the earlier of (i) the date three (3)
months following the termination of the Optionholder's Continuous Service (or
such longer or shorter period specified in the Option Agreement, which, for
Options granted prior to the Listing Date, shall not be less than thirty (30)
days, unless such termination is for cause), or (ii) the expiration of the term
of the Option as set forth in the Option Agreement.  If, after termination, the
Optionholder does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified in
the Option Agreement, the Option shall terminate.

     (j)  Extension of Termination Date.  An Optionholder's Option Agreement may
also provide that if the exercise of the Option following the termination of the
Optionholder's Continuous Service (other than upon the Optionholder's death or
Disability) would be prohibited at any time solely because the issuance of
shares would violate the registration requirements under the Securities Act,
then the Option shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the expiration of the term
of the Option set forth in subsection 6(a) or (ii) the expiration of a period of
three (3) months after the termination of the Optionholder's Continuous Service
during which the exercise of the Option would not be in violation of such
registration requirements.

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     (k)  Disability of Optionholder.  In the event an Optionholder's Continuous
Service terminates as a result of the Optionholder's Disability, the
Optionholder may exercise his or her Option (to the extent that the Optionholder
was entitled to exercise it as of the date of termination), but only within such
period of time ending on the earlier of (i) the date twelve (12) months
following such termination (or such longer or shorter period specified in the
Option Agreement, which, for Options granted prior to the Listing Date, shall
not be less than six (6) months) or (ii) the expiration of the term of the
Option as set forth in the Option Agreement.  If, after termination, the
Optionholder does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified
herein, the Option shall terminate.

     (l)  Death of Optionholder.  In the event (i) an Optionholder's Continuous
Service terminates as a result of the Optionholder's death or (ii) the
Optionholder dies within the period (if any) specified in the Option Agreement
after the termination of the Optionholder's Continuous Service for a reason
other than death, then the Option may be exercised (to the extent the
Optionholder was entitled to exercise the Option as of the date of death) by the
Optionholder's estate, by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option
by bequest or inheritance or by a person designated to exercise the option upon
the Optionholder's death pursuant to subsection 6(e) or 6(f), but only within
the period ending on the earlier of (1) the date eighteen (18) months following
the date of death (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Option
Agreement, which, for Options granted prior to the Listing Date, shall not be
less than six (6) months) or (2) the expiration of the term of such Option as
set forth in the Option Agreement.  If, after death, the Option is not exercised
within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.

     (m)  Early Exercise.  The Option may, but need not, include a provision
whereby the Optionholder may elect at any time before the Optionholder's
Continuous Service terminates to exercise the Option as to any part or all of
the shares subject to the Option prior to the full vesting of the Option.
Subject to the "Repurchase Limitation" in subsection 9(h), any unvested shares
so purchased may be subject to an unvested share repurchase option in favor of
the Company or to any other restriction the Board determines to be appropriate.

     (n)  Right of Repurchase. Subject to the "Repurchase Limitation" in
subsection 9(h), the Option may, but need not, include a provision whereby the
Company may elect, prior to the Listing Date, to repurchase all or any part of
the vested shares acquired by the Optionholder pursuant to the exercise of the
Option.

     (o)  Right of First Refusal. The Option may, but need not, include a
provision whereby the Company may elect, prior to the Listing Date, to exercise
a right of first refusal following receipt of notice from the Optionholder of
the intent to transfer all or any part of the shares exercised pursuant to the
Option. Except as expressly provided in this subsection 6(o), such right of
first refusal shall otherwise comply with any applicable provisions of the
Bylaws of the Company.

     (p)  Re-Load Options.  Without in any way limiting the authority of the
Board to make or not to make grants of Options hereunder, the Board shall have
the authority (but not an obligation) to include as part of any Option Agreement
a provision entitling the Optionholder to

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a further Option (a "Re-Load Option") in the event the Optionholder exercises
the Option evidenced by the Option Agreement, in whole or in part, by
surrendering other shares of Common Stock in accordance with this Plan and the
terms and conditions of the Option Agreement. Any such Re-Load Option shall (i)
provide for a number of shares equal to the number of shares surrendered as part
or all of the exercise price of such Option; (ii) have an expiration date which
is the same as the expiration date of the Option the exercise of which gave rise
to such Re-Load Option; and (iii) have an exercise price which is equal to one
hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock subject to
the Re-Load Option on the date of exercise of the original Option.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Re-Load Option shall be subject to the same
exercise price and term provisions heretofore described for Options under the
Plan.

          Any such Re-Load Option may be an Incentive Stock Option or a
Nonstatutory Stock Option, as the Board may designate at the time of the grant
of the original Option; provided, however, that the designation of any Re-Load
Option as an Incentive Stock Option shall be subject to the one hundred thousand
dollars ($100,000) annual limitation on exercisability of Incentive Stock
Options described in subsection 9(d) and in Section 422(d) of the Code.  There
shall be no Re-Load Options on a Re-Load Option.  Any such Re-Load Option shall
be subject to the availability of sufficient shares under subsection 4(a) and
the "Section 162(m) Limitation" on the grants of Options under subsection 5(c)
and shall be subject to such other terms and conditions as the Board may
determine which are not inconsistent with the express provisions of the Plan
regarding the terms of Options.

7.   Covenants of the Company.

     (a)  Availability of Shares.  During the terms of the Options, the Company
shall keep available at all times the number of shares of Common Stock required
to satisfy such Options.

     (b)  Securities Law Compliance.  The Company shall seek to obtain from each
regulatory commission or agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such authority
as may be required to grant Options and to issue and sell shares of Common Stock
upon exercise of the Options; provided, however, that this undertaking shall not
require the Company to register under the Securities Act the Plan, any Option or
any stock issued or issuable pursuant to any such Option.  If, after reasonable
efforts, the Company is unable to obtain from any such regulatory commission or
agency the authority which counsel for the Company deems necessary for the
lawful issuance and sale of stock under the Plan, the Company shall be relieved
from any liability for failure to issue and sell stock upon exercise of such
Options unless and until such authority is obtained.

8.   Use of Proceeds from Stock.

     Proceeds from the sale of stock pursuant to Options shall constitute
general funds of the Company.

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9.   Miscellaneous.

     (a)  Acceleration of Exercisability and Vesting.  The Board shall have the
power to accelerate the time at which an Option may first be exercised or the
time during which an Option or any part thereof will vest in accordance with the
Plan, notwithstanding the provisions in the Option stating the time at which it
may first be exercised or the time during which it will vest.

     (b)  Shareholder Rights.  No Optionholder shall be deemed to be the holder
of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares subject
to such Option unless and until such Optionholder has satisfied all requirements
for exercise of the Option pursuant to its terms.

     (c)  No Employment or other Service Rights.  Nothing in the Plan or any
instrument executed or Option granted pursuant thereto shall confer upon any
Optionholder any right to continue to serve the Company or an Affiliate in the
capacity in effect at the time the Option was granted or shall affect the right
of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate (i) the employment of an Employee
with or without notice and with or without cause, (ii) the service of a
Consultant pursuant to the terms of such Consultant's agreement with the Company
or an Affiliate or (iii) the service of a Director pursuant to the Bylaws of the
Company or an Affiliate, and any applicable provisions of the corporate law of
the state in which the Company or the Affiliate is incorporated, as the case may
be.

     (d)  Incentive Stock Option $100,000 Limitation.  To the extent that the
aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time of grant) of stock with
respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by
any Optionholder during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and
its Affiliates) exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), the Options or
portions thereof which exceed such limit (according to the order in which they
were granted) shall be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options.

     (e)  Investment Assurances.  The Company may require an Optionholder, as a
condition of exercising or acquiring stock under any Option, (i) to give written
assurances satisfactory to the Company as to the Optionholder's knowledge and
experience in financial and business matters and/or to employ a purchaser
representative reasonably satisfactory to the Company who is knowledgeable and
experienced in financial and business matters and that he or she is capable of
evaluating, alone or together with the purchaser representative, the merits and
risks of exercising the Option; and (ii) to give written assurances satisfactory
to the Company stating that the Optionholder is acquiring the stock subject to
the Option for the Optionholder's own account and not with any present intention
of selling or otherwise distributing the stock.  The foregoing requirements, and
any assurances given pursuant to such requirements, shall be inoperative if
(iii) the issuance of the shares upon the exercise or acquisition of stock under
the Option has been registered under a then currently effective registration
statement under the Securities Act or (iv) as to any particular requirement, a
determination is made by counsel for the Company that such requirement need not
be met in the circumstances under the then applicable securities laws.  The
Company may, upon advice of counsel to the Company, place legends on stock
certificates issued under the Plan as such counsel deems necessary or
appropriate in order

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to comply with applicable securities laws, including, but not limited to,
legends restricting the transfer of the stock.

     (f)  Withholding Obligations. To the extent provided by the terms of an
Option Agreement, the Optionholder may satisfy any federal, state or local tax
withholding obligation relating to the exercise or acquisition of stock under an
Option by any of the following means (in addition to the Company's right to
withhold from any compensation paid to the Optionholder by the Company) or by a
combination of such means: (i) tendering a cash payment; (ii) authorizing the
Company to withhold shares from the shares of the Common Stock otherwise
issuable to the Optionholder as a result of the exercise or acquisition of stock
under the Option; or (iii) delivering to the Company owned and unencumbered
shares of the Common Stock.

     (g)  Information Obligation. Prior to the Listing Date, to the extent
required by Section 260.140.46 of Title 10 of the California Code of
Regulations, the Company shall deliver financial statements to Optionholders at
least annually. This subsection 9(g) shall not apply to key Employees whose
duties in connection with the Company assure them access to equivalent
information.

     (h)  Repurchase Limitation.  The terms of any repurchase option shall be
specified in the Option and may be either at Fair Market Value at the time of
repurchase or at not less than the original purchase price.  To the extent
required by Section 260.140.41 and Section 260.140.42 of Title 10 of the
California Code of Regulations, any repurchase option contained in an Option
granted prior to the Listing Date to a person who is not an Officer, Director or
Consultant shall be upon the terms described below:

          (i)   Fair Market Value. If the repurchase option gives the Company
the right to repurchase the shares upon termination of employment at not less
than the Fair Market Value of the shares to be purchased on the date of
termination of Continuous Service, then (i) the right to repurchase shall be
exercised for cash or cancellation of purchase money indebtedness for the shares
within ninety (90) days of termination of Continuous Service (or in the case of
shares issued upon exercise of Options after such date of termination, within
ninety (90) days after the date of the exercise) or such longer period as may be
agreed to by the Company and the Optionholder (for example, for purposes of
satisfying the requirements of Section 1202(c)(3) of the Code regarding
"qualified small business stock") and (ii) the right terminates when the shares
become publicly traded.

          (ii)  Original Purchase Price. If the repurchase option gives the
Company the right to repurchase the shares upon termination of Continuous
Service at the original purchase price, then (i) the right to repurchase at the
original purchase price shall lapse at the rate of at least twenty percent (20%)
of the shares per year over five (5) years from the date the Option is granted
(without respect to the date the Option was exercised or became exercisable) and
(ii) the right to repurchase shall be exercised for cash or cancellation of
purchase money indebtedness for the shares within ninety (90) days of
termination of Continuous Service (or in the case of shares issued upon exercise
of Options after such date of termination, within ninety (90) days after the
date of the exercise) or such longer period as may be agreed to by the Company
and the

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Optionholder (for example, for purposes of satisfying the requirements
of Section 1202(c)(3) of the Code regarding "qualified small business stock").

     (i)  Cancellation and Re-Grant of Options.

          (i)   Authority to Reprice. The Board shall have the authority to
effect, at any time and from time to time, (i) the repricing of any outstanding
Options under the Plan and/or (ii) with the consent of any adversely affected
holders of Options, the cancellation of any outstanding Options under the Plan
and the grant in substitution therefor of new Options under the Plan covering
the same or different numbers of shares of Common Stock. The exercise price per
share shall be not less than that specified under the Plan for newly granted
Options. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may grant an Option with an
exercise price lower than that set forth above if such Option is granted as part
of a transaction to which Section 424(a) of the Code applies.

          (ii)  Effect of Repricing under Section 162(m) of the Code. Shares
subject to an Option which is amended or canceled in order to set a lower
exercise price per share shall continue to be counted against the maximum award
of Options permitted to be granted pursuant to subsection 5(c). The repricing of
an Option under this subsection 9(i) resulting in a reduction of the exercise
price shall be deemed to be a cancellation of the original Option and the grant
of a substitute Option; in the event of such repricing, both the original and
the substituted Options shall be counted against the maximum awards of Options
permitted to be granted pursuant to subsection 5(c). The provisions of this
subsection 9(i)(b) shall be applicable only to the extent required by Section
162(m) of the Code.

10.  Adjustments upon Changes in Stock.

     (a)  Capitalization Adjustments.  If any change is made in the stock
subject to the Plan, or subject to any Option, without the receipt of
consideration by the Company (through merger, consolidation, reorganization,
recapitalization, reincorporation, stock dividend, dividend in property other
than cash, stock split, liquidating dividend, combination of shares, exchange of
shares, change in corporate structure or other transaction not involving the
receipt of consideration by the Company), the Plan will be appropriately
adjusted in the class(es) and maximum number of securities subject to the Plan
pursuant to subsection 4(a) and the maximum number of securities subject to
award to any person pursuant to subsection 5(c), and the outstanding Options
will be appropriately adjusted in the class(es) and number of securities and
price per share of stock subject to such outstanding Options. The Board, the
determination of which shall be final, binding and conclusive, shall make such
adjustments. (The conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall
not be treated as a transaction "without receipt of consideration" by the
Company.)

     (b)  Change in Control--Dissolution or Liquidation.  In the event of a
dissolution or liquidation of the Company, then such Options shall be terminated
if not exercised (if applicable) prior to such event.

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     (c)  Change in Control--Asset Sale, Merger, Consolidation or Reverse
Merger. In the event of (i) a sale of substantially all of the assets of the
Company, (ii) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the
surviving corporation or (iii) a reverse merger in which the Company is the
surviving corporation but the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
preceding the merger are converted by virtue of the merger into other property,
whether in the form of securities, cash or otherwise, then any surviving
corporation or acquiring corporation shall assume any Options outstanding under
the Plan or shall substitute similar Options (including an option to acquire the
same consideration paid to the stockholders in the transaction described in this
subsection 10(c) for those outstanding under the Plan. In the event any
surviving corporation or acquiring corporation refuses to assume such Options or
to substitute similar Options for those outstanding under the Plan, then with
respect to Options held by Optionholders whose Continuous Service has not
terminated, the vesting of such Options shall be accelerated in full, and the
Options shall terminate if not exercised at or prior to such event. With respect
to any other Options outstanding under the Plan, such Options shall terminate if
not exercised prior to such event.

11.  Amendment of the Plan and Options.

     (a)  Amendment of Plan.  The Board at any time, and from time to time, may
amend the Plan.  However, except as provided in Section 10 relating to
adjustments upon changes in stock, no amendment shall be effective unless
approved by the stockholders of the Company to the extent shareholder approval
is necessary to satisfy the requirements of Section 422 of the Code, Rule 16b-3
or any Nasdaq or securities exchange listing requirements.

     (b)  Shareholder Approval. The Board may, in its sole discretion, submit
any other amendment to the Plan for shareholder approval, including, but not
limited to, amendments to the Plan intended to satisfy the requirements of
Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations thereunder regarding the
exclusion of performance-based compensation from the limit on corporate
deductibility of compensation paid to certain executive officers.

     (c)  Contemplated Amendments. It is expressly contemplated that the Board
may amend the Plan in any respect the Board deems necessary or advisable to
provide eligible Employees with the maximum benefits provided or to be provided
under the provisions of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder
relating to Incentive Stock Options and/or to bring the Plan and/or Incentive
Stock Options granted under it into compliance therewith.

     (d)  No Impairment of Rights. Rights under any Option granted before
amendment of the Plan shall not be impaired by any amendment of the Plan unless
(i) the Company requests the consent of the Optionholder and (ii) the
Optionholder consents in writing.

     (e)  Amendment of Options. The Board at any time, and from time to time,
may amend the terms of any one or more Options; provided, however, that the
rights under any Option shall not be impaired by any such amendment unless (i)
the Company requests the consent of the Optionholder and (ii) the Optionholder
consents in writing.

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12.  Termination or Suspension of the Plan.

     (a)  Plan Term.  The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time.
Unless sooner terminated, the Plan shall terminate on the day before the tenth
(10th) anniversary of the date the Plan is adopted by the Board or approved by
the stockholders of the Company, whichever is earlier.  No Options may be
granted under the Plan while the Plan is suspended or after it is terminated.

     (b)  No Impairment of Rights. Suspension or termination of the Plan shall
not impair rights and obligations under any Option granted while the Plan is in
effect except with the written consent of the Optionholder.

13.  Effective Date of Plan.

     The Plan shall become effective as determined by the Board, but no Option
shall be exercised unless and until the Plan has been approved by the
stockholders of the Company, which approval shall be within twelve (12) months
before or after the date the Plan is adopted by the Board.

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                                 PeoplePC Inc.
                            1999 Stock Option Plan

                            Stock Option Agreement
                  (Incentive and Nonstatutory Stock Options)

     Pursuant to your Stock Option Grant Notice ("Grant Notice") and this Stock
Option Agreement, PeoplePC Inc. (the "Company") has granted you an option under
its 1999 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") to purchase the number of shares of the
Company's Common Stock indicated in your Grant Notice at the exercise price
indicated in your Grant Notice.  Defined terms not explicitly defined in this
Stock Option Agreement but defined in the Plan shall have the same definitions
as in the Plan.

     The details of your option are as follows:

     1.  Vesting.

         (a)  Subject to the limitations contained herein, your option will vest
as provided in your Grant Notice, provided that vesting will cease upon the
termination of your Continuous Service.

         (b)  In the event of the occurrence of a transaction described in
subsection 10(b) or subsection 10(c) of the Plan (collectively, a "change in
control"), then immediately prior to the occurrence of the change in control,
12.5% of the shares (subject to adjustment for any Capitalization Adjustments,
as provided in the Plan) subject to your option shall vest in addition to any
shares that already have vested.

     2.  Number of Shares and Exercise Price. The number of shares of Common
Stock subject to your option and your exercise price per share referenced in
your Grant Notice may be adjusted from time to time for Capitalization
Adjustments, as provided in the Plan.

     3.  Exercise prior to Vesting ("Early Exercise"). If permitted in your
Grant Notice (i.e., the "Exercise Schedule" indicates that "Early Exercise" of
your option is permitted) and subject to the provisions of your option, you may
elect at any time that is both (i) during the period of your Continuous Service
and (ii) during the term of your option, to exercise all or part of your option,
including the nonvested portion of your option; provided, however, that:

         (a)  a partial exercise of your option shall be deemed to cover first
vested shares of Common Stock and then the earliest vesting installment of
unvested shares of Common Stock;

         (b)  any shares of Common Stock so purchased from installments that
have not vested as of the date of exercise shall be subject to the purchase
option in favor of the Company as described in the Company's form of Early
Exercise Stock Purchase Agreement;

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         (c)  you shall enter into the Company's form of Early Exercise Stock
Purchase Agreement with a vesting schedule that will result in the same vesting
as if no early exercise had occurred; and

         (d)  if your option is an incentive stock option, then, as provided in
the Plan, to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the
time of grant) of the shares of Common Stock with respect to which your option
plus all other incentive stock options you hold are exercisable for the first
time by you during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and its
Affiliates) exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), your option(s) or
portions thereof that exceed such limit (according to the order in which they
were granted) shall be treated as nonstatutory stock options.

     4.  Method of Payment.  Payment of the exercise price is due in full upon
exercise of all or any part of your option.  You may elect to make payment of
the exercise price in cash or by check or in any other manner permitted by your
Grant Notice, which may include one or more of the following:

         (a)  In the Company's sole discretion at the time your option is
exercised and provided that at the time of exercise the Common Stock is publicly
traded and quoted regularly in The Wall Street Journal, pursuant to a program
developed under Regulation T as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board that,
prior to the issuance of Common Stock, results in either the receipt of cash (or
check) by the Company or the receipt of irrevocable instructions to pay the
aggregate exercise price to the Company from the sales proceeds.

         (b)  Provided that at the time of exercise the Common Stock is publicly
traded and quoted regularly in The Wall Street Journal, by delivery of already-
owned shares of Common Stock either that you have held for the period required
to avoid a charge to the Company's reported earnings (generally six months) or
that you did not acquire, directly or indirectly from the Company, that are
owned free and clear of any liens, claims, encumbrances or security interests,
and that are valued at Fair Market Value on the date of exercise. "Delivery" for
these purposes, in the sole discretion of the Company at the time you exercise
your option, shall include delivery to the Company of your attestation of
ownership of such shares of Common Stock in a form approved by the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may not exercise your option by tender to the
Company of Common Stock to the extent such tender would violate the provisions
of any law, regulation or agreement restricting the redemption of the Company's
stock.

     5.  Whole Shares. You may exercise your option only for whole shares of
Common Stock.

     6.  Securities Law Compliance. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, you may not exercise your option unless the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon such exercise are then registered under the Securities Act
or, if such shares of Common Stock are not then so registered, the Company has
determined that such exercise and issuance would be exempt from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act. The exercise of your option must also comply
with other applicable laws and regulations governing your option, and
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you may not exercise your option if the Company determines that such exercise
would not be in material compliance with such laws and regulations.

     7.  Term. The term of your option commences on the Date of Grant and
expires upon the earliest of the following:

         (a)  three (3) months after the termination of your Continuous Service
for any reason other than your Disability or death, provided that if during any
part of such three- (3-) month period your option is not exercisable solely
because of the condition set forth in the preceding paragraph relating to
"Securities Law Compliance," your option shall not expire until the earlier of
the Expiration Date or until it shall have been exercisable for an aggregate
period of three (3) months after the termination of your Continuous Service;

         (b)  twelve (12) months after the termination of your Continuous
Service due to your Disability;

         (c)  eighteen (18) months after your death if you die either during
your Continuous Service or within three (3) months after your Continuous Service
terminates;

         (d)  the Expiration Date indicated in your Grant Notice; or

         (e)  the day before the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Date of Grant.

     If your option is an incentive stock option, note that, to obtain the
federal income tax advantages associated with an "incentive stock option," the
Code requires that at all times beginning on the date of grant of your option
and ending on the day three (3) months before the date of your option's
exercise, you must be an employee of the Company or an Affiliate, except in the
event of your death or Disability.  The Company has provided for extended
exercisability of your option under certain circumstances for your benefit but
cannot guarantee that your option will necessarily be treated as an "incentive
stock option" if you continue to provide services to the Company or an Affiliate
as a Consultant or Director after your employment terminates or if you otherwise
exercise your option more than three (3) months after the date your employment
terminates.

     8.  Exercise.

         (a)  You may exercise the vested portion of your option (and the
unvested portion of your option if your Grant Notice so permits) during its term
by delivering a Notice of Exercise (in a form designated by the Company)
together with the exercise price to the Secretary of the Company, or to such
other person as the Company may designate, during regular business hours,
together with such additional documents as the Company may then require.

         (b)  By exercising your option you agree that, as a condition to any
exercise of your option, the Company may require you to enter into an
arrangement providing for the payment by you to the Company of any tax
withholding obligation of the Company arising by reason of (1) the exercise of
your option, (2) the lapse of any substantial risk of forfeiture to
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which the shares of Common Stock are subject at the time of exercise, or (3) the
disposition of shares of Common Stock acquired upon such exercise.

         (c)  If your option is an incentive stock option, by exercising your
option you agree that you will notify the Company in writing within fifteen (15)
days after the date of any disposition of any of the shares of the Common Stock
issued upon exercise of your option that occurs within two (2) years after the
date of your option grant or within one (1) year after such shares of Common
Stock are transferred upon exercise of your option.

         (d)  By exercising your option you agree that the Company (or a
representative of the underwriter(s)) may, in connection with the first
underwritten registration of the offering of any securities of the Company under
the Securities Act, require that you not sell, dispose of, transfer, make any
short sale of, grant any option for the purchase of, or enter into any hedging
or similar transaction with the same economic effect as a sale, any shares of
Common Stock or other securities of the Company held by you, for a period of
time specified by the underwriter(s) (not to exceed one hundred eighty (180)
days) following the effective date of the registration statement of the Company
filed under the Securities Act. You further agree to execute and deliver such
other agreements as may be reasonably requested by the Company and/or the
underwriter(s) that are consistent with the foregoing or that are necessary to
give further effect thereto. In order to enforce the foregoing covenant, the
Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to your shares of
Common Stock until the end of such period.

     9.  Transferability. Your option is not transferable, except by will or by
the laws of descent and distribution, and is exercisable during your life only
by you. Notwithstanding the foregoing, by delivering written notice to the
Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, you may designate a third party
who, in the event of your death, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise your
option.

     10. Right of First Refusal.  Shares of Common Stock that you acquire upon
exercise of your option are subject to any right of first refusal that may be
described in the Company's bylaws in effect at such time the Company elects to
exercise its right.  The Company's right of first refusal shall expire on the
Listing Date.

     11. Right of Repurchase.  To the extent provided in the Company's bylaws as
amended from time to time, the Company shall have the right to repurchase all or
any part of the shares of Common Stock you acquire pursuant to the exercise of
your option.

     12. Option not a Service Contract. Your option is not an employment or
service contract, and nothing in your option shall be deemed to create in any
way whatsoever any obligation on your part to continue in the employ of the
Company or an Affiliate, or of the Company or an Affiliate to continue your
employment. In addition, nothing in your option shall obligate the Company or an
Affiliate, their respective shareholders, Boards of Directors, Officers or
Employees to continue any relationship that you might have as a Director or
Consultant for the Company or an Affiliate.
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      13.  Withholding Obligations.

           (a)  At the time you exercise your option, in whole or in part, or at
any time thereafter as requested by the Company, you hereby authorize
withholding from payroll and any other amounts payable to you, and otherwise
agree to make adequate provision for (including by means of a "cashless
exercise" pursuant to a program developed under Regulation T as promulgated by
the Federal Reserve Board to the extent permitted by the Company), any sums
required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding
obligations of the Company or an Affiliate, if any, which arise in connection
with your option.

           (b)  Upon your request and subject to approval by the Company, in its
sole discretion, and compliance with any applicable conditions or restrictions
of law, the Company may withhold from fully vested shares of Common Stock
otherwise issuable to you upon the exercise of your option a number of whole
shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value, determined by the Company as
of the date of exercise, not in excess of the minimum amount of tax required to
be withheld by law. If the date of determination of any tax withholding
obligation is deferred to a date later than the date of exercise of your option,
share withholding pursuant to the preceding sentence shall not be permitted
unless you make a proper and timely election under Section 83(b) of the Code,
covering the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock acquired upon such
exercise with respect to which such determination is otherwise deferred, to
accelerate the determination of such tax withholding obligation to the date of
exercise of your option. Notwithstanding the filing of such election, shares of
Common Stock shall be withheld solely from fully vested shares of Common Stock
determined as of the date of exercise of your option that are otherwise issuable
to you upon such exercise. Any adverse consequences to you arising in connection
with such share withholding procedure shall be your sole responsibility.

           (c)  You may not exercise your option unless the tax withholding
obligations of the Company and/or any Affiliate are satisfied. Accordingly, you
may not be able to exercise your option when desired even though your option is
vested, and the Company shall have no obligation to issue a certificate for such
shares of Common Stock or release such shares of Common Stock from any escrow
provided for herein.

      14.  Notices. Any notices provided for in your option or the Plan shall be
given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon receipt or, in the
case of notices delivered by mail by the Company to you, five (5) days after
deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to you at the last
address you provided to the Company.

      15.  Governing Plan Document. Your option is subject to all the provisions
of the Plan, the provisions of which are hereby made a part of your option, and
is further subject to all interpretations, amendments, rules and regulations
which may from time to time be promulgated and adopted pursuant to the Plan. In
the event of any conflict between the provisions of your option and those of the
Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control.
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                                 PeoplePC Inc.

                           STOCK OPTION GRANT NOTICE

                           (1999 Stock Option Plan)

PeoplePC Inc. (the "Company"), pursuant to its 1999 Stock Option Plan (the
"Plan"), hereby grants to Optionholder an option to purchase the number of
shares of the Company's Common Stock set forth below.  This option is subject to
all of the terms and conditions as set forth herein and in the Stock Option
Agreement, the Plan and the Notice of Exercise, all of which are attached hereto
and incorporated herein in their entirety.

Optionholder:
Date of Grant:
Vesting Commencement Date:
Number of Shares Subject to Option:  Shares
Exercise Price (Per Share):  per Share
Total Exercise Price:
Expiration Date:

Type of Grant:

Exercise Schedule:  Early Exercise Permitted

Vesting Schedule:   1/4th of the shares vest one year after the Vesting
                    Commencement Date. 1/48th of the shares vest monthly
                    thereafter over the next three years.

Payment:            By one or a combination of the following items (described in
                    the Stock Option Agreement):

                             By cash or check
                             Pursuant to a Regulation T Program if the Shares
                             are publicly traded
                             By delivery of already-owned shares if the Shares
                             are publicly traded

Additional Terms/Acknowledgements:  The undersigned Optionholder acknowledges
receipt of, and understands and agrees to, this Grant Notice, the Stock Option
Agreement and the Plan.  Optionholder further acknowledges that as of the Date
of Grant, this Grant Notice, the Stock Option Agreement and the Plan set forth
the entire understanding between Optionholder and the Company regarding the
acquisition of stock in the Company and supersede all prior oral and written
agreements on that subject with the exception of (i) options previously granted
and delivered to Optionholder under the Plan, and (ii) the following agreements
only:

     Other Agreements:         ________________________________________________
                               ________________________________________________

PeoplePC Inc.                       Optionholder:

By:____________________________     ___________________________________________
           Signature                                Signature

Title: ________________________     Date: _____________________________________

Date: _________________________

Attachments:  Stock Option Agreement, 1999 Stock Option Plan and Notice of
              Exercise

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/1/ If this is an incentive stock option, it (plus your other outstanding
incentive stock options) cannot be first exercisable for more than $100,000 in
any calendar year. Any excess over $100,000 is a nonstatutory stock option.

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                              NOTICE OF EXERCISE

PeoplePC Inc.
100 Pine Street, Suite 1100
San Francisco, CA 94111                    Date of Exercise: _________________

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     This constitutes notice under my stock option that I elect to purchase the
number of shares for the price set forth below.

     Type of option:                       ____________________

     Stock option dated:                   ____________________

     Number of shares as
     to which option is
     exercised:                            ____________________

     Certificates to be
     issued in name of:                    ____________________

     Total exercise price:                 ____________________

     Cash delivered
     herewith:                             ____________________

     Promissory note delivered
     herewith:                             ____________________

     By this exercise, I agree (i) to provide such additional documents as you
may require pursuant to the terms of the PeoplePC Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan
and (ii) to provide for the payment by me to you (in the manner designated by
you) of your withholding obligation, if any, relating to the exercise of this
option.

     I hereby make the following certifications and representations with respect
to the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company listed above (the
"Shares"), which are being acquired by me for my own account upon exercise of
the Option as set forth above:

     I acknowledge that the Shares have not been registered under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and are deemed to constitute
"restricted securities" under Rule 701 and "control securities" under Rule 144
promulgated under the Securities Act.  I warrant and represent to the Company
that I have no present intention of distributing or selling said Shares, except
as permitted under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws.

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     I further acknowledge that I will not be able to resell the Shares for at
least ninety days (90) after the stock of the Company becomes publicly traded
(i.e., subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) under Rule 701 and that more restrictive
conditions apply to affiliates of the Company under Rule 144.

     I further acknowledge that all certificates representing any of the Shares
subject to the provisions of the Option shall have endorsed thereon appropriate
legends reflecting the foregoing limitations, as well as any legends reflecting
restrictions pursuant to the Company's Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws and/or
applicable securities laws.

     I further agree that, if required by the Company (or a representative of
the underwriters) in connection with the first underwritten registration of the
offering of any securities of the Company under the Securities Act, I will not
sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of any shares of Common Stock or other
securities of the Company during such period (not to exceed one hundred eighty
(180) days) following the effective date of the registration statement of the
Company filed under the Securities Act as may be requested by the Company or the
representative of the underwriters.  I further agree that the Company may impose
stop-transfer instructions with respect to securities subject to the foregoing
restrictions until the end of such period.

                                    Very truly yours,

                                    By: _______________________________________