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To: Dave B who wrote (33110)	10/28/1999 3:48:00 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 93625

Dave, I hear you. But I wanted to play Devil's Advocate for a while. Although a $300 price premium for an RDRAM system over a comparably-equipped SDRAM system will be partially hidden by the over $2,400 price tags, it's still a sizable amount of money. The hope, of course, is that as RIMM supplies and production ramp up, the price will drop down to the point where the difference is insignificant (like $100 or so). There's another problem, though. I'm not sure how the performance of DDR SDRAM will size up to RDRAM. The later DDR SDRAM makes it to market, the better. Once again, the hope is that the cost of RDRAM will drop to levels where the cost advantage of DDR SDRAM becomes insignificant. Tenchusatsu

To: Dave B who wrote (33110)	10/28/1999 6:01:00 AM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

I'm more interested in the PIII/RDRAM combination providing a 14% savings in time over the Athlon with SDRAM running multiple tasks in a multitasking enviroment won't intel's customers be more likely to compare it to the other intel system?...there the savings is 37% not 14%. athlon is still a niche player...dell and gateway customers will never see it. If I think about it as an extra hour I can spend with the kids because everything finished faster, it's priceless. awesome attitude! comparing the two intel systems... customers will visualize an extra 2 1/2 hours.