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To: Tony Viola who wrote (149720)	11/26/2001 9:22:22 PM
From: fyodor_	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Tony: I don't know why people subject themselves to the above [buying DIY instead of major OEM], unless they need a hobby. Price, price and performance. I can get a faster and much cheaper PC if I'm willing to spend an hour researching the components and another hour assembling the thing and installing software. Also important to me: I can get the hardware I want: the case I want, the fan I want, the graphics card I want... The options at major OEMs are simply too limited IMO. If you do decide to buy from a major OEM, I don't see how you can argue that there is a higher risk when going with an AMD-based system than with an Intel-based system. You're relying primarily on that OEMs QC to assure that the hardware works together in either case. Sure, they miss every once in a while (SDRAM+i820 and VIA south bridge are two of the more recent misses - I'm sorry, but I cannot recall any AMD-only issues). Greater than Intel's share (in white-box systems and DIY systems) or greater than their own share in overall? I don't have sufficient data to make a solid guesstimate, but the ratio is clearly much closer to 1:1 than the ~ 3:1 overall market share. -fyo