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To: Craig Freeman who wrote (66632)	7/25/1999 9:15:00 AM
From: DRBES	Respond to of 1574020

RE: "Reply #66632 of 66632 Cirruslvr, '... as PIII becomes the volume leader ... this isn't good news for AMD.' As much as I would like to have a 1GHz Athlon for a gaming machine, my clients are overwhelmingly determined to buy Intel. And most of them think that a Pentium 200 with 16MB puts them in an elite club. They have no concept of what an Athlon might do for them. And probably never will. What I hear most from my users is "I haven't got time to learn about ..." and "the boss will approve upgrades when hell freezes over". When they do make a change, they tend to skip several generations and again buy "safe" machines with Intel guts. Their logic is that it costs more to call out a serviceperson to "open" the box than the PC is worth. As cheap as CPUs and mobos may be, it still costs $200+ to get someone out there, $200 more to get them to open the box, and $400 to get them to close it back up. I tell them to forget the service person, discard their PC and buy new. But they never listen. Microsoft has made this so hard to do that they have a point (anyone who has tried to copy an MS-Windows drive knows what I mean). Maybe some day people will open their minds to learning and their wallets to purchasing more for less. But, in my experience, business buys infrequently and when it does it buys the safest available choice. They are the buyers, they make the market, and (when all is said and done) they are probably making the right decisions. Craig" GOOOOLLY! GOOOOLLY! GOOOOLLY! GOOOOLLY! GOOOOLLY! GOOOOLLY! You sound just like the soothsayers of yesteryear that espoused the philosophy that no corporate entity of any consequence would ever, ever buy anything other than IBM. That is, that any IS manager who bought another brand put his job at risk and that it could never happen in any significant numbers. The most significant difference now however is that the IBM vs Clone argument would appear to have far more merit than the AMD (Athlon) vs iNTEL (peeIII & xEON) argument. VERY, VERY Sincerely, DARBES

To: Craig Freeman who wrote (66632)	7/25/1999 9:37:00 AM
From: Cirruslvr	Respond to of 1574020

Craig - RE: "Their logic is that it costs more to call out a serviceperson to "open" the box than the PC is worth. As cheap as CPUs and mobos may be, it still costs $200+ to get someone out there, $200 more to get them to open the box, and $400 to get them to close it back up." My logic says the computer maker's reputation figures a greater deal to the reliability of a system. Because of this, it may not be until the beginning of next year when the Athlon makes its way into business PCs because then it will have a more mature platform and Y2K worries will be over. I guess we will have to see if people change their train of thought.