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To: Charles R who wrote (81206)	11/27/1999 3:00:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 1574070

Charles, RE:" <So you are saying OEMs can get low speed chips and they say they can't get high speed chips from Intel. No wonder they aren't happy. <G> > Did you miss a "not" in the first part of the sentence? It sounds like that. Just to clarify:"... My mistake...I mean't to say OEMs CAN'T get low speed chips.... Sorry... Hey, they can get some from AMD can't they? <G> Actually, I do agree with you...I think Intel wanted to force ASPs higher and eliminate lower speed chips but the demand is very, very high due to the "free/chip" PC concept that is usually tied to the $400 Prodigy internet rebate. Pretty obvious that Celerons and lower speed P-IIIs are flying off they shelf. Eliminating the P-III-450 probably didn't go over too well with OEMs...not to mention the reniging by Intel of the Celeron rebate deal. I really think Intel got nervous about sending that $50 check with each Celeron. <G>...Especially when they had no high speed Floppermines to take up the slack... Jim