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To: dale_laroy who wrote (60623)	10/27/2001 2:11:27 PM
From: TechieGuy-alt	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 275872

>Who would pay $500+ for a 2Ghz P4 when the press has spoken and said that the XP1800+ is about as fast and it costs $300 less?< Unfortunately, more people would pay for the 2 GHz P4. Many people assume a higher price translates to higher quality. Most of the world does not buy processors- they buy PC's! And till INTC can keep AMD out of the commercial lines people will pay whatever INTC will charge for their processors. About 6 months ago I was trying to recomment a "main stream" (read top 5) PC with an Athlon processor with Win2000 to a friend who was ready to buy it for his work. I could not find a single configuration with Athlon + Win2K! Not even in the consumer lines. Win2K was not even an option that any of the top 5 manufacturers offered for a price. He had to go with an Intel PC. I don't think that the situation is any different these days. TG