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To: 5dave22 who wrote (26708)	1/29/2001 11:41:58 AM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 275872

"That's about $350 savings on the PIII system." Which is not justified unless Intel is pumping some major price support or Gateway is doing a PIII blowout because they are dumping the line. Even if Intel was supplying the processors and chipset free, it doesn't justify that kind of price differential. Well, ok, it might...

To: 5dave22 who wrote (26708)	1/29/2001 11:43:44 AM
From: niceguy767	Respond to of 275872

5dave22: Well if you won't buy into that explanation, then perhaps, you'll accept this: GTW wants to unload its "deadmeat" P3 inventory, the only way it can...scorched earth pricing...

To: 5dave22 who wrote (26708)	1/29/2001 11:44:41 AM
From: jjayxxxx	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Dave, RE: Gateway's 1 gig athlon vs. piii NG, hard to spin this one. MAYBE 25% of people out there would choose the Athlon. Probably MUCH less. If I remember correctly, PIII and Athlon 1Gigs are on par with each other (Thunderbird). Save $100, get more RAM - and CD-RW. That's about $350 savings on the PIII system. I think the spin is in my earlier post in response to Jim's reaction of integrated video: Message 15262296 Especially when you consider that Gateway is marketing the Athlon systems as "gamer's dream" or whatever. Yes, an integrated system doesn't "perform" as well (i.e. the PIII is in the performance series), but if you don't need video performance, they probably perform fine. FWIW, JJ EDIT: And maybe the pentium purchasers are avoiding PIII systems because they don't want to experience P-NEXT ENVY immediately after their purchase. EDIT AGAIN: Hence, a much lower price is required on the whole PIII cellar-ized line.