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To: kash johal who wrote (109531)	5/6/2000 12:43:00 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578431

RE:"AMD has NO solution for the $500 price segment." Intel can have it...they earned it...<G> I'm curious how Timna will perform with SDRAM since it was designed for RAMBUS... Now RAMBUS is too expensive. So will running Timna with SDRAM have the same slowdown result as running SDRAM on an i820 chipset? If so...the dumb Intel/Rambus saga continues.... Jim

To: kash johal who wrote (109531)	5/6/2000 12:43:00 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578431

RE:"AMD has NO solution for the $500 price segment." Intel can have it...they earned it...<G> I'm curious how Timna will perform with SDRAM since it was designed for RAMBUS... Now RAMBUS is too expensive. So will running Timna with SDRAM have the same slowdown result as running SDRAM on an i820 chipset? If so...the dumb Intel/Rambus saga continues.... Jim

To: kash johal who wrote (109531)	5/6/2000 1:55:00 AM
From: Dan3	Respond to of 1578431

Re: AMD has NO solution for the $500 price segment... You're forgetting the "virtual gorilla". AMD's solution at this price point is VIA/Cyrix. And I believe those machines are targeting price points lower than $500. At $500, the customer has already decided to pay more for more performance. Timna could get squeezed badly. Regards, Dan

To: kash johal who wrote (109531)	5/6/2000 12:45:00 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1578431

And for folks who just wann do web stuff, e-mail etc it would be the best way to go. For folks who just want to do web stuff and e-mail my 133mhz Pentium if enough for now. A K6-2 or 400mhz celeron should be enough for awile. You might have somthing of a point for first time buyers looking for a very low end system. I wonder how Via/Cyrix will compete with Timna for that segment. Intel might win that segment but how big will it be? I think a lot of people might be willing to drop another $100 for a better computer. Tim Tim