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To: Bilow who wrote (79552)	11/11/1999 9:10:00 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572604

News Alert! Floppermines on Pricewatch! Earth to pAUL! Mysef

To: Bilow who wrote (79552)	11/11/1999 9:57:00 PM
From: Goutam	Respond to of 1572604

Carl, re: <One unmentioned benefit of this up move in AMD is the press it generates.> I agree with your assessment. Now I see how well they planned with great timing on the advertisements to double the effect. The advertisements start on Nov 14. Thanks. Regards, Goutama

To: Bilow who wrote (79552)	11/12/1999 12:59:00 AM
From: Petz	Respond to of 1572604

carl bilow, re:"One unmentioned benefit of this up move in AMD is the press it generates." AMD is getting a lot of free press from this as well as retailers advertising AMD products. EGADS -- the "Circuit City" flyer included in all So. Cal. newspapers today has individual pictures for the following: 1. Compaq AMD Athlon 600 system with 19" $2,524 2. Compaq AMD Athlon 500 system with 17" $1,724 3. IBM Intel PIII 500 system with 17" $1,649 4. IBM AMD K6-2-500 system with 15" $1,049 5. IBM Intel Celeron 433 notebook 13" HPA, 32M $1,499 6. IBM Intel Celeron 466 notebook 14" TFT, 64M, DVD $2,399 7. Compaq AMD K6-2-433 notebook 12" TFT, 64M, DVD $1,999 8. Compaq AMD K6-2-433 notebook 13" HPA, 64M $1,599 9. Toshiba AMD K6-2-380 notebook 12" DSTN, 32M $1,099 I thought that was it, then I opened to the center, with five more AMD systems ("build your computer for less") 10. IBM AMD Athlon 550 system with 15" $1,749 11. IBM AMD Athlon 600 system with 15" $2,049 12. Compaq AMD Athlon 700 system with 17" $2,249 13. Compaq AMD k6-2-450 notebook, 14" TFT, 64M $1,898 14. Compaq AMD K6-2-475 notebook, 14" TFT, 128M, DVD $2,549 Then on the back page: 15. [Unknown Brand] Intel PIII-500 system with 19" $1,899 Final Score: AMD: 11 Intel:4 Petz