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To: Björn who wrote (116157)	6/18/2000 11:18:00 AM
From: niceguy767	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571978

barjo: Re: "Intel is well represented with slower speed grades (<= 600 MHz). I guess it would be too disgraceful for them to sell all their 1 GHz systems there." Comment: Can't sell what you can't produce...Intel has trouble producing anything over 700 MHz in anything but test (as in for benchmarking) quantities...Still trying to break into double digit retail quantities for the 1 gig PWeeIII floppermine, I hear...time's on their side though as the 7 or 8 retail 1 gig models produced to date have saturated market demand for their top-end technological wonder...(interpret wonder however seems appropriate)

To: Björn who wrote (116157)	6/18/2000 1:29:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1571978

BoJo - Re: "Intel is well represented with slower speed grades (<= 600 MHz). " You think so? Compaq tomorrow will Convert their Business Desktop EN line to the i815E chip set ! Intel Processors from 600 to 933 MHz will accompany each chip set ! "New chipset included On Monday Compaq will announce the integration of Compaq's latest chipset, the 815E, into the EN series. The 815E, supports PC133 SDRAM memory, 3 DIMM slots, 4x AGP and has integrated network and graphics capabilities. Graphics memory is shared with the system's main memory; there is a 4MB display cache. All units in the EN series will come with Intel processors ranging from the Pentium III at Megahertz speeds of 933, 866, 800, 733 and 667 and the 600MHz Celeron." Note the editorial mistake referring to the "Compaq 815E". The careful observer will note that Intel is the manufacturer of this part. My guess is that the i815E will have a lot more design win announcements tomorrow than AMD had for their ThumperTurd CPU announcement 3 weeks ago ! (I think 2 announcements will put Intel in the lead !) Paul {===============================} dailynews.yahoo.com Sunday June 18 12:15 PM EDT Compaq's corporate PC makeover By Richard Shim, ZDNet News For the first time in two years, there are major changes in the offing for its corporate desktop PC product line Hearing the name, you'd never guess that anything had changed. But taking a closer look and you'd figure it out immediately. For the first time in two years, Compaq is changing both its case designs and the guts of its corporate desktop PC line, the Deskpro EN. ? Simpler, cheaper: Meet the new PC ? Free PC software tune-ups ? Get Free Downloads on ZDNet ? Beginner's Guide to MP3 "Based on customer feedback and new technologies, we decided to finally make a change," said Sharon Doel, Director of North America Desktop Marketing. Why has it taken so long for Compaq to make a move? Simply put, IT managers, who comprise the bread and butter audience for Compaq's Desktop EN line, are a conservative lot and don't welcome the prospect of manufacturers making frequent changes to their systems. That's because the addition of new components means the addition of new software images, drivers and applications to accommodate the tweaks. This leads to incompatibilities and increased pressure on technical support departments. In large companies, that expense can run into a lot of money. IT managers are a conservative lot and don't welcome the prospect of manufacturers making frequent changes to their systems.\| In general, the change would have to fall under the umbrella of a new technology that saves money or reduces tech support to convince this buttoned-up crowd to go along. With networking capabilities included on a chipset, for example, IT managers wouldn't need to buy networking cards and qualify drivers for the cards. New chipset included On Monday Compaq will announce the integration of Compaq's latest chipset, the 815E, into the EN series. The 815E, supports PC133 SDRAM memory, 3 DIMM slots, 4x AGP and has integrated network and graphics capabilities. Graphics memory is shared with the system's main memory; there is a 4MB display cache. EN systems will also come with nVidia's TNT2 Pro-C graphics chip with 16MB of graphics memory. Doel said the timing was right to make other changes that customers were asking for, such as new case designs and the removal of ISA slots. The case of each unit in the EN series, the Small Form Factor, the Slim Desktop and the Convertible Minitower, has changed. The Small Form Factor will adopt a desktop CD-ROM driver instead of the notebook CD-ROM drive that it uses now to bring the cost of the system down. A notebook module was initially used to maximize space savings, with a desktop component the new Small Form Factor is a quarter of an inch taller. The Slim Desktop will come in twenty percent leaner than its predecessor. The Convertible Minitower, previously the Minitower, can now be used as a desktop or a minitower. All units in the EN series will come with Intel processors ranging from the Pentium III at Megahertz speeds of 933, 866, 800, 733 and 667 and the 600MHz Celeron. The systems will also use Altiris Agents PC Transplant and Transplant Pro for network manageability and deployment.