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To: jcholewa who wrote (34008)	3/28/2001 5:07:16 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 275872

"the popular media will likely be very hard on an SDRAM enabled Brookdale if it performs anything like how I'm expecting." Considering that is already happening with the current setup, I think that is a given. Yeah, there are some suckups, no doubt the Magee-less "The Register" will be heaping all kinds of praise on a SDRAM enabled Brookdale, but they will be a smaller number. This is so reminiscent of when Compaq introduced the Deskpro 386. IBM still held on to the majority of the market for a while, but Compaq was the performance and technology leader from that point.

To: jcholewa who wrote (34008)	3/28/2001 5:13:43 PM
From: kash johal	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 275872

JC, re: popular media The popular media are clueless. As are most of the techie web-sites (yours included). We all know that for 80%++ of all PC home and biz that a 700Mhz celeron is fine. A much better value is the cheapest CPU you can buy with the best graphics card, Disk drive, memory etc you need. Yet billions of dollars are at stake based on the fact that the consumers are buying into the Mhz BS. regards, Kash

To: jcholewa who wrote (34008)	3/28/2001 6:22:26 PM
From: kash johal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

JC, First let me apologise if you were offended by my earlier post. I worded it very poorly. In fact i enjoy your site very much. My point is that we all have a very myopic point of view where every mhz counts. And this is great for enthusiasts. But this is different from real world where most folks are being sold a much more expensive solution than they need. And its always difficult for engineering folks to value marketing and branding. Intel was amazingly successfull with its dual segementation approach. They are now on a stated 3 segment approach. They may well fail. But if they do i suspect it wont be due to the consumers being super-informed. Anyway, wish you all the best. regards, Kash