Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tejek who wrote (85638)	1/6/2000 8:41:00 PM
From: niceguy767	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573564

Hi tejek: AMD will have their platter full in Q1 meeting Athlon demand when GTW officially jumps aboard next week and when purchases delayed owing to y2k kick in! A more subtle demand factor is hinted at in the following exchange in Maximum PC magazine as presented earlier by John Petzinger: "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. To spell out the subtlety, PWeeIII attrition will account for a huge surge in "spry Athy" sales over the next couple of years. The sample of editors of this magazine are a microcosm of the PC universe...Only 1 editor is using the Athlon now but several (if not all?) will likely switch to the Athlon at the time of their next purchase! At this juncture, Dell's dragging of their heels is not a concern...Personally as the gap widens between the Athlon and the PWeeIII over the next 6 months, Dell will be forced by the laws of economics to jump aboard, imho! Dell cannot affort to stand still and Intel can't afford too many more sweetheart deals with Dell!