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To: SteveC who wrote (96842)	3/5/2000 12:12:00 PM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571976

Steve - RE: "Look at the Gateway homepage. It shows the exact same computer with a 550 MHz PIII and an Athlon 650, both selling for the same price. The logical choice is to go for the Athlon (Intel made a big mistake not continuing to aggressively promote the "Intel inside" campaign)." Wow, Gateway is laying it on thick. These systems are the same price and have the same innards. There is no reason whatsoever to choose the slower PIII system over the faster Athlon system except for the Intel logo. And soon the slowest Athlon system Gateway is going to sell will be 700MHz.

To: SteveC who wrote (96842)	3/5/2000 3:19:00 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1571976

So it plays to AMDs advantage to move the processor speeds to higher range as long as Intel's ramp is 100 MHz or more slower. Consumers will look at the more expensive Intel systems and compromise by choosing an Athlon. Look at the Gateway homepage. It shows the exact same computer with a 550 MHz PIII and an Athlon 650, both selling for the same price. The logical choice is to go for the Athlon (Intel made a big mistake not continuing to aggressively promote the "Intel inside" campaign). AMD is completely screwing up Intel's price structure and Intel can't retaliate on the high end. Steve Or many may do what I am doing...upgrading to a 550 Athlon and its motherboard (from a pentium) rather cheaply and then wait a few months for the pricing to come down significantly (and it will given this idiotic speed race) and then buy a 950 for $50-$100. ted