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To: Cirruslvr who wrote (63264)	6/24/1999 10:44:00 PM
From: Ali Chen	Respond to of 1571813

Cirruslvr, <What the heck is this guy writing about???> Don't you see his signature? It says: "Fool". Period. This explains the rest of his drivel.

To: Cirruslvr who wrote (63264)	6/24/1999 11:14:00 PM
From: Bill Jackson	Respond to of 1571813

Cirruslvr, That agrees with my experience. I have built over 10,000 systems with assorted AMD and Intel chips from the late 80's to the present and all the chips worked fine from both vendors(except for the Intel math problem a few years back when they replaced many chips). The greatest problems were chip set related. PC Chips in particular had some sets they blew off cheap in Taiwan, full of problems and incompatibilities. Even though all parts are fairly good these days, there is a gradation, with cheaper power supplies, keyboards,mobos video, hard drive, floppies etc being less good than the better ones. These variations from the best to the worst make around a $100 difference in system costs.(Cheap Taiwan keyboard=$8, cheapest Keytronic=$18 etc etc). These cheaper systems will have problems with either the Intel or AMD CPUs more frequently than the more expensive ones. In fact CPUs are very robust, from AMD or Intel. Bill

To: Cirruslvr who wrote (63264)	6/25/1999 12:19:00 AM
From: Process Boy	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1571813

Cirruslvr - <What the heck is this guy writing about???> Like it or not, Intel has one of the strongest brandings on the planet right now. The article I posted is just one data point, but I believe indicative. Something to consider when talking about great designs, and if AMD can manufacture chips. Many pieces to the Intel puzzle, IMHO. <How in the world does he know this? We already expect CuLatermine to be at least 10% better than the current PIII, but we don't even have real-world benchmarks of EITHER chip!> I agree with you here. No benchmarks or system performance metrics for either chip. And keep it up with the Cu-whatever-line licks! Very motivational! :-). PB