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To: steve harris who wrote (107663)	4/24/2000 7:33:00 PM
From: niceguy767	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574492

steve: Re: "Have you looked at Pricewatch? The prices have almost dropped a speed grade. I can now buy a 700 Athlon for almost the same price a 650 was selling for last weekend. Comment: Looks like Mr. Sanders is deadly serious about raising the entry level bar to 800 MHz fairly quickly...

To: steve harris who wrote (107663)	4/24/2000 7:43:00 PM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574492

Steve - RE: "The prices have almost dropped a speed grade. I can now buy a 700 Athlon for almost the same price a 650 was selling for last weekend." Gateway's website reflects this. Their $1299 "sweet spot" computer now has an Athlon 700 inside it. As we all know, it was previously a 650. The $1599 Select system is now a 750 Athlon, it used to be a 700. The 1GHz system is now $2899. When the 900 and 950 came out, we questioned why AMD didn't just jump from 900 to 1GHz. I think the reason was to satisfy the OEMs. Gateway is mainly using x50MHz Athlons while Compaq is using x00MHz Athlons.