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To: Gopher Broke who wrote (76573)	10/23/1999 5:10:00 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573092

GB RE <<You may be right, although producing the "fastest x86 in the world" has been a real coup for AMD and they could probably introduce some 750s to retain the crown and still maintain ASPs on the 700.>> I am not at all sure that they could maintain ASPs on the 700. But my point was more than that....to put out the 750 in order to maintain the speed crown (by 17 MHz) is the equivalent of building a building with 2 extra stories in order to be the tallest when there is a major surplus of space in town and the building could end up in bankruptcy. Monuments to ego, and that is what the fastest and biggest are often, often lead to financial disaster. Why should AMD risk ending up with reduced ASPs for the 700 early on or p*ssed off OEM's like IBM just to have a 17 MHz lead when it probably will regain the lead by the first of the year in any case. It would not be smart in my opinion. I reiterate what the marketing person said....it does not make good marketing (business) sense! ted