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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (52840)	8/28/2001 6:05:11 PM
From: jcholewa	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

> Have they ever had an add though that emphasized IPC? AMD's ads emphasized neither IPC nor clock speed. They emphasized performance and reliability. > In the face of such a Mhz gap it's likely a real > uphill battle. In the face of Intel it's likely a real uphill battle. But if you're in the middle of a battlefield and you just stand there like an idiot, then you get wounded. If you fight, even if the enemy is stronger, then you sometimes are able to dodge blows and land a few hits yourself. > I guess "Mhz sells" was no joke...huh? Not sure where you see this. It's really more "Intel sells" and "MHz helps". -JC

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (52840)	8/28/2001 6:49:46 PM
From: AK2004	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Jim re: "Mhz sells" ok, I object :-)). MHz do not sell. "Intel inside" does not sell either. And it is a conspiracy, just kidding Retail market is only 40% of total. Well, only a fraction of that market is high end and a large percentage of those who buy high end are knowledgeable enough to separate performance from oscillation :-)). So Intel's 2GHz would appeal to a buyer who is naive (to say at least) and at the same time going after high end system. what sells is "dell", "gateway", "compaq", "IBM", "hp", etc The lack of demand for p4 up to this point is a conclusive proof in my mind that effect of "MHz" is marginal. Intel has to resort to killing their slower but much more popular pIII in order to move High MHz chips into main stream Intel is trying their best to create "MHz sells" market but it is not or at least not yet. Regards -Albert