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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (57198)	10/4/2001 5:24:08 PM
From: hmaly	Respond to of 275872

Mary Re..That would be terrible for the economy. Many would lose their jobs. <<<<<< Why would that be? Instead of paying hundreds extra to intel. the rest of the hardware makers could make some money and afford to put in quality.

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (57198)	10/4/2001 5:37:31 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 275872

Mary, If all the PC makers could get together and establish a specific set of complete system benchmarks, with independent testing, then that would be good for the consumer. The end user could get a clear picture of relative performance, for the type of stuff they intend to do. Now, even a relatively informed consumer has to weigh a half dozen component specifications and somehow figure how they will work together, and then compare the price with other component mixes. Less than 1/10 of 1% of consumers have that capability. I don't think this will ever happen. It would put some of the R&D responsibility on the OEM's, and they seem pretty comfortable allowing the component manufacturer's to control everything, to just assemble commodities boxes. They would actually have to earn their money with some creativity. But the consumer might enjoy a set of benchmarks that were simple, clear, and actually said something about the product they were about to purchase. John