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To: Cirruslvr who wrote (52703)	8/28/2001 6:56:18 AM
From: andreas_wonisch	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

Cirrus, Re: Its amazing how much of a flop Duron has been (outside the enthusiast area) Even there it has been a flop (except for the a few months in '00 when the fastest Athlon was selling for >$500 and you could really save money by buying a Duron). Did you ever see an enthusiat site like Overclockers.com recommending a Duron? Or much discussion about in the BBSs at AMDZone, AnandTech etc.? When you can get the fastest processor from AMD for $100 you won't save 50 bucks to get a Duron which is some hundred MHz behind. Especially not if you are an enthusiast... I think AMD should kill the Duron line ASAP and focus on Athlon instead. Other than the brand advantage it would also allow AMD to better allocate production since they didn't have to run two different processor lines. A processor differentiation makes only sense if you have an exponential pricing scheme (like Intel's with the P4) or are capacity constrained. If the pricing is linear anyway why bother producing a low end processor nobody wants? Andreas

To: Cirruslvr who wrote (52703)	8/28/2001 12:45:16 PM
From: 5dave22	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

<This should slowly happen in retail desktops also. When the Q4 refresh comes out AMD will likely have just a token desktop Athlon PC available from Compaq and HP, everything else should be P4 in mid-high.> It's such a shame what a poor job Jerry has done with such an excellent product. And all the while everyone here was bashing INTC, they knew exactly how it would play out. If I were Elmer, I would be doing a deep belly laugh right about now. I can just hear Jerry talking about how PIV is such a "dud". I hope his arrogance has been deflated now that boxmakers are getting his best products for under a hundred bucks. And even at THAT price, he's having trouble finding buyers. Dave