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To: Elmer who wrote (112282)	10/3/2000 4:10:36 PM
From: Joseph Pareti	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

if i look at the kind of vicious selling today, AFTER (AND DESPITE OF) A MILD MONETARY POLICY STATEMENT, the only thing that springs to mind is "market folly". (which, in essence, is the specular image of the "internuts frenzy" of the months gone by) ANyhow, bought more INTC @ $40

To: Elmer who wrote (112282)	10/3/2000 4:26:11 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

Elmer, perhaps you have trouble with the word "fact" because that's what I asked for and you provided opinions. There are certain things that are self evident. One is that it is a lot easier to guarantee that the CPU will not exceed 90C as is the case with Athlon than 80C, as is the case with Piii 866 MHz. But it get's a lot harder, and it requires extreme measures that overclockers use to get to 60C. Do you dispute this fact? Do we need to go to college physics to prove this fact? Now you claim is that the OEMs mastered this extreme challenge. Maybe, or maybe not. We may find out from the number of returned systems. But for a buyer of a system, why buy one that needs to overcome a tough thermal challenge to keep working reliably, rather than one that does have to face this challenge? It's like buying Pinto. The challenge is to stay away from rear-end collisions. With 1 GHz Piii, the challenge is to keep your room from getting too hot, keep your computer from running certain programs that stress, or your computer will crash. You may want to ask yourself: Why is it that Intel is forced to sell these fragile systems? What lead to this sad state of events? It's funny to see you guys here celebrate the arrival of 1 GHz machines. Knowing these are systems stressed to the limit, I would rather be cautions, because Intel may face yet another recall. Joe