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To: Elmer who wrote (80674)	11/22/1999 12:31:00 AM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572512

Hi Elmer, Yes, I guess that if you arrive at the office each day and run SPECfp for 8 hours, Coppermine is the better choice. But for that handful of individuals that run Office applications, program, or play games on their computers, Athlon seems to be ahead in the majority of the benchmarks. anandtech.com Regards, Dan

To: Elmer who wrote (80674)	11/22/1999 12:38:00 AM
From: Scot	Respond to of 1572512

Re: "Awesome, I guess their current product line wasn't "meeting the needs of high-end users quite well." Scot, your article is 2 months old. Since then Intel has released the CuMine processor which Compac's own benchmarks published on the SPEC website show it to be the fastest Integer processor ever benchmarked. Faster than the fastest Alpha. Faster than the fastest HP. Faster than the fastest SPARC. And certainly faster than the fastest Athlon. Intel's FP numbers are also faster than Athlons. Perhaps you should get up to date. Perhaps you missed my point. Two months ago Gateway stopped using AMD chips and decided not to use the Athlon (i.e., the article is from 2 months ago...because it quotes from a Gateway spokesman on why they they decided not to use the Athlon): However, about the company's decision not to use Athlon chips, the spokesman said: "It was a business decision based on one line of products at one given point in time. Our current product line is already meeting the needs of high-end users quite well." Apparently (based upon the posts on JC's) Gateway has changed its mind, making another "business decisions" about which chips will meet the needs of high-end users. Frankly, I'm still a little skeptical, but the evidence appears to be mounting. Perhaps you can provide a suggestion of why they changed their mind? If SPEC scores establish a high likelhood of "high-end" user satisfaction and purchase, why did they decide to introduce Athlon machines if the SPEC score is so low? Is it possible that they haven't gotten enough chips to meet demand? Did AMD make them a better deal? Since then Intel has released the CuMine processor which Compac's own benchmarks published on the SPEC website show it to be the fastest Integer processor ever benchmarked. That's fantastic! I didn't see that system at Best Buy today, but I can get it through Compaq direct...right? Can I get it for Christmas? BTW, does Gateway build systems to compete with Alpha processors? Or just "mhz sells" systems (tm mcmannis). -Scot