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To: Goutam who wrote (72592)	9/20/1999 8:04:00 PM
From: Mani1	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573921

Recent computer shopper (OCT 99) Many vendors offering Athlon at up to 650 (only Cybermax at 700). Also many offering the K6-2 AND K6-III at 500 MHz. Lots of full page adds followed by Athlon based systems, about the Athlon being this and that. Also from Page 82 to 93 is AMD only adds. It look like they are subsidized by AMD. On the upper right of each page is a sologan saying "shop smart, choose AMD". The actual adds are from Compaq (one page for mobile, another for desktop), Cyber Max, AOpen custom PC, Midwest Micro, tiger direct and Nvidia (most interesting of all). Nvidia was touting their chips to be compatible with 3D Now! I was pleasently surprised by all the advertisement and the hype regarding Athlon and also at wide scale availability of K62 500 and K6III 500. The cover page is also about the Athlon Vs. PIII. Guess which one they say performs better? Mani

To: Goutam who wrote (72592)	9/20/1999 8:59:00 PM
From: Process Boy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573921

Goutama - Yoe bolded some stuff out of the article. here's a snippet I found interesting: Gateway declined to comment on "rumors and speculation," a spokesman said, regarding the Gateway's home-oriented products. However, about the company's decision not to use Athlon chips, the spokesman said: "It was a business decision based on one line of products at one given point in time. Our current product line is already meeting the needs of high-end users quite well." PB