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To: Felix Appolonia who wrote (87837)	9/6/1999 12:13:00 AM
From: Process Boy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Felix - <Bill, the sales rep. I spoke with seemed very knowledgable and indicated that their customers ask for and prefer Intel. They also indicated that they are having problems with other brand with 2 out of 5 machines returned for freezeups and overheating, and for this reason they do not like to sell the other brand. Intel rolled out the PIII sales display months ago, and sales of Intel have been consistently strong and Intel is the preferred choice. You can see this by the amount of activity in front of the PIII "blue door" display and the amount of activity on the floor with the Intel rep. on weekends. > I think you've said this twice now. I will be shocked if you "get through", to the last party you addressed. :-) I really like the sounds of your report though, it was certainly worth reading again!!! These indicates at least 2 other piece in the Intel puzzle: branding and platform stability! Most excellent. PB PB

To: Felix Appolonia who wrote (87837)	9/6/1999 9:57:00 AM
From: Bill Jackson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Felix, It is common for sales staff to knock items they do not have in stock. What are they going to do, praise them and have you leave and go elsewhere to look for them? I have never had an AMD based machine returned for heating problems and the few Intel based machines returned due to overheating were fan seizures(common in the cheap Taiwan fans). There is no way to even know what CPU is in the machine once you pass the boot screen as long as there no AMD/Intel stickers on them. Right now the Intel chips dominate the middle and low ground as well as the high ground. AMD currentlyhas the top spot until Intel fields a faster P-III and at that instant AMD will field a faster one. Ever read the Ernie comic strip?, see his friend who sells cars?....think CompUSA sales staff ....not knowledgeable...crafty. Bill