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To: Dave B who wrote (75515)	7/10/2001 12:07:16 PM
From: gnuman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Dave, re: Why do you think this differentiation is needed? I think the PC makers need it. The market for "Performance" is relatively small, and the market for low-end doesn't have a lot of margins. In 2002 I can envision the i845G, (integrated graphics), being only available with SDRAM for those buying on price. For the "sweet spot", an i845/DDR with extra bells and whistles may create the most profits. JMO's

To: Dave B who wrote (75515)	7/11/2001 2:47:49 PM
From: tinkershaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Why do you think this differentiation is needed? From what everyone says, if you're not running state-of-the-art applications, a PIII with SDRAM is fine (therefore I suspect a P4 with SDRAM will be fine as well if Intel kills the PIII). I'll just point out again that I'm still using my 266 mhz Pentium II. My law firm was using 166 mhz state of the art computers as recently as 1999 and running fabulous. Yet I can't buy such great machines anymore. It is called price/performance. If you really want a cheap machine Samsung is coming out with $200 RDRAM equipped disposable computers. Or so is there product announcements. Can DDR compete with that? No, it is the system. It is not what one needs, it is price/performance. Otherwise I'm still happy with my Pentium II. But I can't by this "klunker" anymore. This said, how fast does one think the mainstream mid-priced INTC equipped PCs will be running at by the end of 2002? Also in this vein, how long do you think it will be until software is made that makes this sort of speed and bandwidth a necessity? Tinker P.S. Again, as with my last post, I blame it on Intel's failure to quickly obsolete its prior technology as to why computer technology and software is currently in a rut. All the innovation is going into game machines at the present. I believe the P4 is meant to address that problem and make the PC the focal point of innovation going forward again. But we've had this debate and both sides have good, honest opinions. We could very well have reached the zenith of where mainstream PCs will ever go and SDRAM can stick around forever if that is the case; on the other hand, and it is my belief, that this is not the case. We are just in a lull.