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To: kash johal who wrote (94117)	12/15/1999 7:55:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 186894

Kash, <My understanding was that Solano would allow support of PC133 as well as an EXTERNAL graphics chip.> I guess if that's the case, there would be no need for the PC133 proliferation of 820. That's why I'm assuming Solano won't be able to support an external AGP card. <The current 810/810e suck for any performance user due to the crappy graphics performance.> Normally, I'd agree, but it seems like the 810 platform is more popular than any of us could realize. Here's what Linley Gwennap of MPR says: Most PCs are still bought by businesses, large and small, and few business buyers are interested in 3D performance. There are still no mainstream business applications that have 3D components, and nothing seems likely to appear in the near future. Thus, most business buyers are happy with "checkbox" 3D--as long as the PC has a 3D accelerator, they're happy. For these businesses, the 810 and 810E fit the bill, and carry the Intel brand to boot. mdronline.com@20410454hnpymy/mpr/editorials/edit13_13.html Of course, there's more to the whole picture than what that little snippet reveals, but that's why I provided a link to the whole editorial. So I guess it is kind of weird to see Pentium III 733 MHz processors paired up with the 810e. After all, if you're going to splurge on the processor, you might as well splurge on the motherboard and graphics as well (e.g. 820 w/ AGP-4x and RDRAM). But then again, a Pentium III 600 MHz on an 810e makes better sense, especially in the coming months when P3-600 drops in price to the $200-300 range. And in early 2000, I'm pretty confident that such a system could very well become the most popular business desktop sold. Tenchusatsu