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To: steve harris who wrote (86266)	1/10/2000 12:21:00 AM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573689

gateway.com steve ps, the church of iNhEL thinks I have a credibility problem so you might want to go look at the Gateway sight yourself, since I'm on double secret probation.

To: steve harris who wrote (86266)	1/10/2000 12:35:00 AM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573689

Steve - RE: "Gateway just got the Athlon webpages up!" Cool! Click on desktops on their front page and you can get a direct link. There are two versions of the 600MHz system, normal and Deluxe. THe normal has the SAME specs Ace's said and is in Gateway's "sweet spot" - $1299! I can't figure the difference between the two except price. I must be overlooking something. From the page - "GatewayTM Select systems feature super-powerful AMDTM AthlonTM Processors with enhanced 3DNow!TM Technology delivering ultimate performance for cutting-edge applications and an unprecedented computing experience. Gateway Select offers Internet surfers, gamers, students, bosses and parents incredible multimedia performance at a great value." EDIT - The difference btwn the two is MS Works or MS Office. Office costs more.

To: steve harris who wrote (86266)	1/10/2000 1:03:00 AM
From: ptanner	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573689

Re: <Gateway just got the Athlon webpages up!> I decided to price Select (Athlon 600) and a Performance (P3-600) for comparison. The Select had very few choices but satisfied most of what I am looking for in a system (except I only want a CD-R/W and it is bundled with a 17/40 CD-ROM). {EDIT: on further review the choices were very similar just not all the choices offered by other vendors -- such as NT.} The overall price difference was Select lower by $106. Shifting over to Pricewatch the difference in best price between the two processors was $80. The remaining $20 could easily be motherboard costs... Based on these assumptions, it doesn't appear that AMD offered a sweet deal on Athlon 600 to Gateway. And hopefully AMD yields for 600 are such that they can support this volume. Has anyone seen a firm report that the 500 has been discontinued as has been stated on some web sites? PT