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To: Mani1 who wrote (114264)	6/5/2000 2:27:00 AM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577951

Mani - RE: "GTW has already shifted most of its Select line to the Thunderbird." Good catch! This is a very good thing about the release. AMD has supply ready at ALL speeds...except 1.1Ghz. I bet the main reason AMD came out with a 750MHz Thunderbird was to supply Gateway's "sweet spot" PC. The $1299 system is now a 750MHz Athlon and the $1599 system is 800MHz. It used to be 700 and 750.

To: Mani1 who wrote (114264)	6/5/2000 2:30:00 AM
From: eplace	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577951

Mani GTW has already shifted most of its Select line to the Thunderbird. Mani You're right, just checked the Gateway site and most have already switched to the Athlon Thunderbird. I was going to add the link but had already closed the window. Will be an interesting trading day later today. Ed P.

To: Mani1 who wrote (114264)	6/5/2000 3:24:00 AM
From: ptanner	Respond to of 1577951

Mani, <GTW has already shifted most of its Select line to the Thunderbird.> The Business Select line has only two entries (750 & 1000) and both remain classic Athlons. From PC World Review (http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,17016,00.html) Systems powered by the Thunderbird, a catchy code name that AMD is changing to "Athlon with performance-enhancing cache memory," will initially be in short supply. Both AMD and Intel have taken to launching chips weeks before PC makers are ready to build systems with the new chips in significant quantities.... Gateway, CyberMax Ship CyberMax and Gateway are offering systems with the new Athlons immediately. Compaq will announce in coming weeks Presario systems that use the new chips. Hewlett-Packard will support the processors in Pavilion systems this summer." Gateway was certainly ready for this launch -- and seems to be AMD's premier OEM. And what about IBM? EDIT: I wonder if GTW had new socketed MB or is using some of the Slot A TBirds. I wonder how fast TBirds will show up in smaller OEMs and PW. PT