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To: Tushar Patel who wrote (50255)	8/7/2001 8:04:23 PM
From: Ali Chen	Respond to of 275872

"where does it say that the material costs to Gateway for the P4 machine and Athlon machines are the same?" It is well known that P4 materials are more expensive and hard to find (read again - more expensive). The P4 case requires additional holders to mount their heatsink (which is again bigger and more expensive). The P4 box also require a special power supply with two additional proprietary connectors. All retail boxes I happen to see were much bigger than P-III or Athlon systems (more metal), and were equipped with bigger auxiliary case fans. All i850 systems require AGP cards with 1.5V signaling only, which are newer generation and usually are more expensive as well. I think this may drive the price for P4 into negative territory :) - Ali P.S. Mani, you did right thing with suspensions. It was always my opinion that Paul should be banned permanently. He contributes nothing to this thread. People can enjoy his infinite wisdom on Intel thread if they miss him. Please also follow formal rules and act accordingly in response to messages like this: Message 16180758

To: Tushar Patel who wrote (50255)	8/8/2001 12:27:00 AM
From: Petz	Respond to of 275872

Gateway marks up the 1400 Athlon machine more because Intel pays most of the advertising cost for the P4 machine. Petz