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To: tejek who wrote (126177)	10/16/2000 6:58:28 PM
From: Charles R	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1589123

Ted, <As for GTW not picking up the Duron for the holidays, I can only assume that if that's for a fact, then it has to be for some unusual reason like maybe they set up early for Xmas....that their process begins well before summer, and that's why we don't see any GTW/Duron systems. > There is still a few more weeks to go for Christmas SKUs to show-up. I am not too concerned of this yet. <I know it can't be because of profit margins..the chips are too cheap at this point. > This I completely agree. AMD can easily make Durons more profitable to any OEM. <While the MBs are not as plentiful as they would like, I don't think the problem is entirely AMD's fault. Just responding to some of the complaints registered on the mod thread.> The problem is not just motherboards but the right kind of motherboards. The low-end market really needs integrated Graphics chipset which does not exist for Duron. It is too expensive to add a graphics chip and memory for low-end systems. A good chunk of volume comes from this class of systems and Duron is severely handicapped. Chuck

To: tejek who wrote (126177)	10/16/2000 9:56:42 PM
From: milo_morai	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1589123

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