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To: Paul Engel who wrote (83345)	6/13/1999 9:04:00 PM
From: grok	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

RE: <Box makers were given a near identical choice in February - AMD offered "cheap" Kmart 63's and Intel offered expensive Pentium IIIs.> Well, I posted a while ago that box makers thought K63 would be viewed by consumers as just a K6 with no higher frequency so they just stuck with the even cheaper K62 for the non-Intel-Inside market. But if K7 has higher frequency and higher performance and no drdram minefield then I expect it is a whole different story. I just don't think that Intel can afford drdram baggage during this challenge.

To: Paul Engel who wrote (83345)	6/13/1999 9:21:00 PM
From: kapkan4u	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

<Paul - re: The box makers overwhelmingly chose Pentium IIIs over the cheaper Kmart 63's - which have since become EVEN MUCH CHEAPER - yet the Pentium III PCs are ubiquitous and the Kmart 63's are MIA.> Paul, I will bet you one thousand dollars that there will be more x86 boxes shipped with PC100/133 than with RDRAM in Q4, 1999. Do you take the bet? You and me place one grand into an escrow company of your choice. Kap.