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To: Paul Engel who wrote (106508)	8/1/2000 3:18:40 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

Intel Investors - IBM and DELL announce 1.13 GHz PCs !!! Paul {=================================} Dell, IBM Plan PCs Based On New PIII By Mark Hachman, TechWeb News Jul 31, 2000 (5:37 PM) URL: techweb.com Dell and IBM were the first PC vendors to announce plans for the latest Pentium III chip after Intel made good on its promise to deliver a 1.13-gigahertz component Monday. Bill Siu, vice president of the Architecture Group and general manager of the Desktop Platforms Group at Intel (stock: INTC), said in a statement that the chip reaches "a new level of performance." It will ramp into full production in the second half of 2000, said a spokesman for Intel, Santa Clara, Calif. Rival AMD (stock: AMD) is set to debut Aug. 28 a 1.1-GHz Athlon processor, according to an AMD spokesman. With the Pentium III announcement Monday, Intel continued its recent practice of releasing its gigahertz-class processors in limited quantities, but PC OEMs said they've learned to live with it. Dell Computer (stock: DELL), for example, designed a "special edition" of the Dimension desktop line that used the 1.0-GHz Pentium III chip announced in February. On its website, Dell said it has added the 1.0-GHz chip to its standard Dimension PC, which seems to indicate that the chip is now available in greater volumes. Dell's new 1.13-GHz Dimension does not yet appear on its website. A spokeswoman said the system will include the 1.13-GHz processor, a 45Gbyte hard drive, 128Mbytes of Direct RDRAM, a 164Mbyte Nvidia (stock: NVDA) GeForce 2 GTS card, a 2X DVD-ROM, and a CD-RW drive. The 1.13-GHz Dimension will cost $4,199 and take about 18 business days to build, a Dell sales associate said. Dell introduced its predecessor, the 1.0-GHz Dimension, in February at $5,999; it later dropped the price by a thousand dollars, after cutting the amount of Direct RDRAM from 256 Mbytes to 128Mbytes. The 1.0-GHz Dimension now costs about $3,138, and can be built in eight business days. IBM (stock: IBM) also announced Monday the Aptiva S series based on the 1.13-GHz PIII chip. Priced at about $2,999, the Aptiva S series also features 128 Mbytes of Direct Rambus (stock: RMBS) memory, a 40Gbyte hard drive, a CD-RW drive, a 32Mbyte Nvidia GeForce256 card, and other accessories. IBM officials were not immediately available to answer questions about the PC's availability. An industry analyst said the Aptiva will do more for IBM's image than its retail market share. Sub-$2,000 PCs make up about 75 percent of sales, and systems above $3,000 account for a "couple percentage points," said Stephen Baker, an analyst for PC Data, Reston, Va. The same goes for Dell's new top-of-the-line Dimesion, even though it sells systems direct to consumers and businesses, he said. "You don't expect a lot of sales from it," Baker said. "But it shows people what you can do."

To: Paul Engel who wrote (106508)	8/1/2000 3:25:12 AM
From: Eric K.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Re: Anand tested the 1.13 GHz Pentium III in a VIA PC board - do you think INTEL sent him that one? All right. I guess Tom's 1.13 GHz P3 is defective after all. FOUR is still bigger than TWO. -Eric