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To: Paul Engel who wrote (77185)	10/26/1999 4:11:00 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572942

RE <<That didn't TORQUE you off when IBM and Compaq were TWO months late in selling AthWIPE PCs !>> X-mas wasn't two months away. Dell may think twice next X-mas, assuming that intc is still a chip company. ted

To: Paul Engel who wrote (77185)	10/26/1999 5:04:00 PM
From: Gopher Broke	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1572942

I just configured the cheapest Dell 733 I could find (Optiplex GX110, Win98, 64 meg 6.4 gig, 15" mon) came to $2358. An equivalent Compaq presario Athlon 700 was $1618 and that includes a Voodoo 3 card, which was the lowest spec I could configure. (Dell did not have a video option, I guess because they expect you to use the onboard graphics support). I know which I would rather have. In fact I can have the fully configured Compaq (19" monitor, 128 meg ram, TNT2 Ultra, 20gig 7200rpm drive, DVD, DSL modem) for the price of the Dell. Are you really saying you would rather have the Dell because it is better value?

To: Paul Engel who wrote (77185)	10/26/1999 7:27:00 PM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572942

Paul - RE: "Just a month ?" Yes, just a month LONGER than normal for Intel "That didn't TORQUE you off when IBM and Compaq were TWO months late in selling AthWIPE PCs !" So now it is OK to compare Intel's (a future DOW company), business practices to AMD's (a company that can't even make a profit) business practices? "By the way - the i810E is a good chip set - very, very economical - which makes 733 MHz Coppermine PCs much better value than the Limited Edition AthWIPE PCs." So Coppermine platform offers best Value OR best Performance. Athlon platform offers best Price/Performance ratio. Do you know if any of the OEMs announced consumer PCs which will use Coppermine?