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To: jmac who wrote (14437)	3/17/1997 2:40:00 AM
From: Kashish King	of 186894

I don't see any problem whatsover in having a range of speeds with preannounced price reductions so that OEMs no what to expect. It would not surprise be to discover that the vast majority of consumers know that faster is better and that slower is cheaper. Releasing new speeds isn't a problem for consumers or for OEMs because they are kept informed about what's coming. Pentium Pro does perform much better than Pentium at the same clock speed and that is probably the only machine customers are going to have a question about. That is, should I buy a 200 Mhz Pentium or a 200 Mhz Pentium Pro? Still, the options at this point are nothing compared to, say, microwave ovens. MMX (tm) does confuse things and I think they should simply offer it right accross the board on all processors. I think that's precisely what they will do, but right now it is confusing things. Pentium II is also going to confuse matters. Intel needs to straighten this out. In the mean time, assume everything will have MMX (tm) and that there will always be a range of speeds. Here is how I see it: 1. Pentium: continue to optimize for notebooks and old hardware upgrades. 2, Pentium Pro: primarily used for scalable servers. 3, Pentium II: primarily used for desktops, modular design. There is no reason to have more than one graphics port on a server when that port needs to hook up with the display devices on a local machine. That's why the Pentium II with its modular design is suited toward the stand-alone system. They can add graphics and stuff to that module which will run at very high speeds. The Pentium Pro is really a specialized device for servers and it should remain that way. Folks looking for a powerful desktop machine will do just as well with a Pentium II module which will tie into their local multimedia devices.

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