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To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (79525)	11/11/1999 6:56:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572506

When M. asked about Athlon during the Dell conference call just completed... To: +Jim McMannis (92165 ) From: +John Fowler Thursday, Nov 11 1999 6:38PM ET Reply # of 92169 From Dell CC: M. Dell was asked if access problems with high speed PIII, would he consider Athlon. Stated that they are always considering alternative processors, plans upset by the "memory problem", but situation getting better. ----- Maybe Dells' not too happy about high speed memory prices...ie..RDRAM.

To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (79525)	11/11/1999 7:49:00 PM
From: Mani1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572506

Pravin Re <<Looks like HP will be selling Athlon systems soon>> Yes, it does sound like that. WOW, this is huge IMO. Mani

To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (79525)	11/11/1999 8:33:00 PM
From: Cirruslvr	Respond to of 1572506

Pravin - RE: "Here's another one. Looks like HP will be selling Athlon systems soon:" So as IBM Athlon systems leave the retail market, HP Athlon systems will enter!

To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (79525)	11/11/1999 9:14:00 PM
From: Charles R	Respond to of 1572506

Pravin, Thanks for posting the CNet story. This is my favorite part. Especially the comments from the IBM guy ;-) *********** Begin clip "The company will likely also begin to win over more customers. Although Gateway recently phased out AMD processors in its line, the company is likely to start using the high-end Athlon, said Robertson Stephens analyst Dan Niles in an interview. HP and others also seem to be working with AMD. "IBM is getting production [for Athlon chips]. HP is getting production. Everyone except Gateway and Dell is getting production," he said IBM doesn't use AMD chips in its workstations at present but will continue to evaluate AMD chips in the future, said Doug Oathout, worldwide product brand manager for IBM workstations. "They're going to make Intel squirm," he said of upcoming AMD chips. ************** End clip Chuck