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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (83648)12/20/1999 11:55:00 AM
From: niceguy767  Read Replies (3) of 1572580
 
Hi Wally:

I'd take with a grain of salt the relentless some-time-in-the-future promises from Intel, particularly coming on the heels of the failure to meet promises witnessed over the past 3 months...

If indeed Intel is able to provide the promised few processors in the short term, there is little reason to believe that any system that "these promised few" show up in will be more expensive than any comparative system running on the "spry Athy" of the same MHz. The false responses by Intel to the 700 and 750 Athlons have cost INTC dearly, not only in incremental cost to produce, but more importantly in consumer perception of the PweeIII. Gonna be real tough for INTC to shake its new image with the consumer which seems to be leaving "Intel outside".

Have to say it again: The Athlon is the "better mousetrap at the better price". The PWeeIII has had its day in the sun!

Wonder just how much more incremental production cost INTC is willing to eat in attempts to polish its badly tarnished PWeeIII image and how many false starts before they bring any meaningful production to market exceeding 733 MHz?
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