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To: Petz who wrote (82081)12/5/1999 3:56:00 AM
From: Goutam  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1572963
 
Petz,

This is an old article (Dec 03, 99), but I'm posting it here just for the following interesting piece of info found in this article -

crn.com ________________

AMD Takes Lead In Megahertz Race
By Marcia Savage Computer Reseller News
Sunnyvale, Calif. 8:40 AM EST Fri., Dec. 03, 1999

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Customers are clamoring for Athlon-based systems, said Ted Chen,
owner of Bay Area Micro, a Milpitas, Calif.-based VAR. Chen said his
company is selling more of the AMD systems than Intel-based systems.

"More than two-thirds of our systems [sold] are Athlon-based," he said.

Motherboards supporting Athlon are generally available now, he added.


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(Credits to: canary999, Yahoo AMD board)

Regards,
Goutama