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To: Elmer who wrote (65396)	7/14/1999 11:41:00 PM
From: Joey Smith	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 1573891

re:K7 8% below comparalbe Intel PIII. This says it all. What happened to all the "K7 will have no competition for at least another year" talk from the AMDites? What a joke. K7 can't even compete on parity with existing PIIIs! Anyone with half-a-brain can see AMD is doomed for failure with this strategy. Let's see if Jerry's Last Stand performance in the CC tonite brings in any suckers tomorrow. joey

To: Elmer who wrote (65396)	7/15/1999 1:16:00 AM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573891

Elmer - RE: ""K7 8% below comparalbe Intel PIII" So he won't fight a price war eh? Then he goes ahead and fires the first salvo." Athlons don't make up the PC. Jerry said Athlon motherboards will cost more initially. The 8% difference may or may not even be able to make up the motherboard price difference.

To: Elmer who wrote (65396)	7/15/1999 8:25:00 AM
From: Kevin K. Spurway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573891

Re: "So he won't fight a price war eh? Then he goes ahead and fires the first salvo." How many times does it need to be explained that AMD is only going to be able to sell chips at a discount to Intel? There is VALUE in all that Intel Inside crap. Intel does it so they can charge MORE for their processors, so what do you expect? Marketing 101! 8% is by no means an unreaonable number, and I would expect it to decline over time as Athlon performance becomes clear and AMD works to develop its own brand. Kevin