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To: Elmer who wrote (57096)	10/3/2001 7:21:09 PM
From: fyodor_	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Elmer: "Athlon 1500+" etc relies on the customer's misinterpratation in order to have the desired effect. The customer thinks MHz when making a buying decision and this is intended to influence his/her decision. No. The customer thinks "performance", not "MHz". -fyo

To: Elmer who wrote (57096)	10/3/2001 7:33:56 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

Elmer, "Athlon 1500+" etc relies on the customer's misinterpratation in order to have the desired effect. Wouldn't it be deceiving to call it Athlon 1333? It would be to me, since I have that processor, and the new processor is different from the one I have. If it is the same to you, I am willing to make an exchange with you. The customer thinks MHz when making a buying decision You probably know more about the consumer than I do. I want a new computer that is faster than the old one. So I want faster performance. Athlon 1500+ is faster than Athlon 1333, so I don't see the deception. You want to place the burden on the consumer to go on Tom's site or Anand's to find out that Athlon 1333 is faster than P4 1.5 GHz. That's a little unrealistic to expect, since some probably think that anand is some part of human anatomy. They would have no idea where to go, others may have no capability to check this since they don't have a computer in the first place (they are buying one) AMD just does the work for the consumer, saving him time and effort. Since you are so concerned about "the customer", aren't you happy that AMD is performing this service to the customer free of charge? Joe