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To: jmac who wrote (161669)	10/4/2000 11:51:31 PM
From: THE WATSONYOUTH	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

My gosh, he must be terribly out of touch if even you know that AMD has made penetration. That's even scarier. Well, I could take that several ways. Whatever. This is the story in Britain. Again, this stuff has been common knowledge on the threads for weeks. theregister.co.uk selected bits: Users can choose between a brand name or value for money," he continued. "By using AMD chips we can offer better graphics, sound and printers at no extra cost to the user." Rival UK OEM Evesham has seen sales of its systems moving from 75 percent Intel to 75 percent AMD in the space of 18 months. "AMD is doing extraordinarily well. Our best seller is a £959 AMD system," said an Evesham spokesperson. "It's probably down to review success - all our prize winners have been AMD systems. "At the very high end and in business systems, there's still a touching faith in Intel. We weren't affected by Pentium III shortages for the simple reason that we're not selling enough of them for it to have become an issue," they added. THE WATSONYOUTH