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To: niceguy767 who wrote (85293)	1/6/2000 2:45:00 AM
From: Petz	Respond to of 1572194

Hey niceguy -- here's the most amazing news from the Feb. MaximumPC magazine (came today). Page 14: These are reader letters and emails, but the following headline comes from MaxPC Mag: Where Are All Your Spry Athies? {did they spell it right, niceguy?} After finishing the December Gear of the Year issue, I have a burning question. The AMD Athlon was named Processor of the Year. But only one of the seven editors listed has an Athlon-based home system. Is there a reason that the P-III is the processor of choice for your editors, despite the Athlon "Gear of the Year" status? (btw, the one exception IS the editor-in-chief) The answer is rather long to type, but ends with this: Most MaximumPC editors customized their home rigs when the fastest AMD processor was the K6-III, which , while formidable, was not as attractive a CPU as the Pentium III. I suspect more of us will jump to the Athy when we grow tired of our "slow" 500MHz and 600MHz P-III processors. I think this story indicates that 1)You should submit to the CopyRight Office copies of your posts about the "Spry Athy" and claim copyright protection. 2)You can sue MaxPC to receive a brand new 800 MHz super-spry-Athy system as compensation. 3)The editor of Maximum PC reads the SI AMD thread. Incidentally, the story about Gateway adding Athlon systems just before Christmas is on page 18 as reported earlier. Petz