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To: TimF who wrote (59221)	10/18/2001 8:51:57 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 275872

"you can probably get an Athlon or Duron system for even less, or for the same price but with one or two upgrade of other components. " Especially for people in that price bracket, the peripherals are more important than the clock rate of the processor. I personally feel that the people who are interested in the clock rate will be asking the people who know about such things (i.e. "geeks") for advice. And many of them will point them at Athlons.

To: TimF who wrote (59221)	10/18/2001 9:20:27 PM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 275872

People still pay more for Intel because they perceive them as better in the areas of stability, reliability and compatibility. Also brand itself gets more bucks. For years, IBM has gotten more money for the same performance level as their competitors because they are IBM. Same thing with Intel.

To: TimF who wrote (59221)	10/19/2001 12:16:47 PM
From: wanna_bmw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Tim, Re: "But if you can get a P4 system at that price you can probably get an Athlon or Duron system for even less, or for the same price but with one or two upgrade of other components." That may be true, but I haven't seen any high end Athlon systems yet that reach under $700. As I showed before, Pentium 4, even with SDRAM, keeps up with the fastest Durons, especially when the Duron is crippled in the same retail configurations that you're likely to find the Pentium 4. What was even more interesting was that the Dell system included a monitor, while most retail systems do not. On the other hand, as a general rule, I'll agree that the Pentium 4 with SDRAM does not offer the best price/performance of other systems out there. However, if you try to argue that Pentium 4 is out of the running because of this handicap, you couldn't be more wrong. People will buy into it, and they won't be getting a bad deal. wanna_bmw