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To: Jdaasoc who wrote (67045)	3/4/2001 7:41:52 PM
From: Dan3	Respond to of 93625

Re: If Dell RDRAM systems are flaky... I never assumed they were flaky (though they do have problems with many PCI cards). My guess is that Intel has built up big performance expectations for the P4 by focusing on its clock speed. People buying machines like this are usually buying additional or replacement machines, so they move some of their old files and software over to the new machine and find out that it runs at about the same speed as their old PIII (I'm sure most P4 buyers are current owners of PIIIs). A PIII 866 from Dell is featured at $799, a PIII 700 is $110 less. That's probably the class machine most buyers of P4s are familiar with. And it runs most software about as fast as a $2,000 P4 1300. bapco.com With two machines sitting side by side, this becomes very clear to some buyers, and the 30 day no questions asked return privilege gets exercised on the one that cost $2,000. But that's just my theory from what I've seen, I could be wrong. Dan