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To: Cirruslvr who wrote (83762)	12/20/1999 11:48:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571885

Did Intel salvage the Gateway account? I wonder if we will see a Gateway Athlon after all... neptune.spaceports.com Gateway announced availability of 800XL PC based on P3-800 MHz (Gateway) Gateway (NYSE: GTW - news ) today announced availability of the latest in Intel® processors on its home desktop line, which will provide additional performance to allow our clients to take advantage of new Internet-based entertainment and software applications including audio, video, and 3-D graphics. Gateway will offer the Pentium III processor at 800MHz in its Gateway(TM) PerformanceXL line starting at $3,799. ''We're pleased to work with Intel to deliver this lightning-fast PC to our clients. Gateway has been delivering the latest technology in configurations that make sense for clients since the beginning in 1985,'' said Mike Ritter, director of consumer product marketing at Gateway. ''With the latest Intel processor, our clients have a more powerful tool to take advantage of new and emerging technologies.'' The Gateway Performance line, designed for advanced home users and enthusiasts, offers consumers high-end, multimedia desktop systems built around the latest components and processors. For consumers, the Gateway Performance 800XL PC has plenty of power to handle such processor and graphic-intensive tasks as Computer Assisted Designing, gaming, multimedia rendering and 3-D imaging. The Gateway Performance PC will also be ready to take on ultra high-speed Internet connections such as ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) and cable modem connections. Plus, the advanced speed helps ensure your Gateway system will be more than equal to the latest software well into the future.

To: Cirruslvr who wrote (83762)	12/21/1999 12:45:00 AM
From: GlobalMarine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571885

Will Intel ever be declared a monopoly like Microsoft? CEO Sanders, when asked about that on CNBC recently, said that he felt that eventually Intel would be regarded as the monopoly that they are. Of course, he was very diplomatic in so saying. It seems to me all this bullying about that Intel does against MB manufacturers, box makers and so forth to limit Athlon sales is symptomatic of what's going on. If we ever hear word that the government is investigating, I would expect Athlon's stock to rise high and Intel's to fall down. Any opinions anyone? P.S. Yes, I run an AMD computer, and will only buy AMD in the future...they're the only reason why we can by nice processors at reasonable prices.

To: Cirruslvr who wrote (83762)	12/21/1999 1:17:00 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1571885

RE <<<One of the websites said that Abit had a choice to make - Super 7 motherboards or get permission by Intel to make a jumperless, Softmenu motherboard. Abit chose the second route. Because of that decision Abit never sold a Super 7 motherboard and therefore didn't support Super 7. Since Abit didn't support AMD's Super 7, AMD decided Abit wasn't worthy to be one of the select initial Athlon motherboard makers.>>> Cirruslvr, thanks....I thought it was something like that. ted

To: Cirruslvr who wrote (83762)	12/21/1999 7:29:00 AM
From: Michael DaKota	Respond to of 1571885

re : while typical motherboards have to be configured with actual modifications on the motherboard. Abits advantage is long gone...almost all other motherboard makers, ranging from cheapo QDI to quality Asus and Aopen , have "jumperless" options (easymenu, easyspeed..whatever the respective names are they made up for it) Actually, abit made a step forward recently, by implementing dipswitches on their latest lineup of high-end motherboards, a way of hard-configuring your cpu/busclocks, in case you screwed up trough softmenu and couldnt get your pc to boot . A step forward for the consumer that is. So no harm done, I am pretty sure abit will be bagging on their knees early next year when they notice all other competing motherboard producers get nice profits from the slot-a and socket-a market, while they cant jump on that bandwagon. To bad :) Michael