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To: kash johal who wrote (80890)	11/23/1999 10:36:00 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574005

Re: "Sure, Elmer sure. But it must be pretty embarrasing for them to release the Xeon and the OEMS won't even bother to introduce the product." What do you want Intel to do? The 1 & 2+ Meg Xeons aren't ready yet. All 4-way systems are slot2 and that means Xeon. The price differential is only $50. EP

To: kash johal who wrote (80890)	11/23/1999 11:28:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574005

Kash, <BTW, when are the super XEONS with the HUGE on chip cache due. Seems like another complete and utter cockup by Intel's management folks. Perhaps they should learn some humility and ACTUALLY listen to their customers for a change when they are planning products and options such as DRAM support etc.> Had I not known that was you, I could have sworn I was reading yet another anti-Intel rant from Thomas Pabst of Tom's Hardware Guide. Come on, Kash, I can understand why you're not too happy about the current Xeon not being much different than the Pentium IIIE. But I don't think that warrants this sort of outburst. How does this Xeon signify Intel's failure to listen to customers? If the customers don't want it, fine. Intel isn't going to hold a virtual gun to their heads and tell them that they're going to buy this Xeon "or else." That's a job for the mavericks in Redmond. By the way, Cascades, the "super XEONS with the HUGE on chip cache," is due around Q2 2000, or so the press says. (I'm not sure of the exact date myself.) That would mean it will be here before any of Athlon's derivatives shows up in the marketplace. Only AMD's upcoming Mustang core can hope to compete, but that won't come until sometime in 2H 2000. Tenchusatsu