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To: Paul Shread who wrote (21881)	10/17/2001 2:07:35 PM
From: Rich1	Respond to of 52237

$699 for a P4 with a 15 inch monitor with a CDROM and free shipping. and 256 meg of RAM cant be making much $$$ on those...

To: Paul Shread who wrote (21881)	10/17/2001 2:23:51 PM
From: Arik T.G.	Respond to of 52237

PPU is down because there is no need for the (retail) $600-800 CPU and sub $1000 machines cannot accommodate a >$250 (retail) CPU. When the Internet craze peaked in 2000 the diminishing demand by consumers for high cost CPUs was covered by demand for expensive multi processors net servers. Now that business demand is back to normal (and below) the truth about PPU is out- after over 10 years of usually steady PPU (balanced between demand for performance and better products) it is now dropping fast. High end products continue to follow the revised Moor's law, but there is no NEED for better CPUs anymore. A $750 machine (with a $150 CPU) now took the spot traditionally owned by the $1100 machines ($250 CPU) from 1991-1999. ATG