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To: Dan3 who wrote (64811)	12/3/2001 1:53:26 AM
From: Petz	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

<Intel has made it quite clear that it will allow no systems to be configured with AMD CPUs and Windows 2000 or XP Professional> It's much better now than a year ago since all the PC's are being shipped with XP Personal. If a company has licenses for XP Professional, these PC's can easily be upgraded with no risk. It was much worse when AMD PC's could only be ordered with Win98 or ME, and the organization had standardized on NT 4.0 or 5.0 (a.k.a. Windows 2000). Does Microsoft sell XP Personal -> XP Professional upgrade licenses at a reasonable cost? Petz

To: Dan3 who wrote (64811)	12/3/2001 7:49:08 AM
From: niceguy767	Respond to of 275872

Dan3: "What worries me is that Intel has most channels pretty well stuffed right now, and they have the OEMs running scared again. Whenever Intel starts talking about parts shortages, the OEMs know that Intel is getting its extortion machine warmed up. If the OEMs don't follow Intel's instructions regarding what configurations they are allowed to sell and who they are allowed to buy from, they get cut off from parts they need to sell into the profitable "corporate" market. Right now, Intel has made it quite clear that it will allow no systems to be configured with AMD CPUs and Windows 2000 or XP Professional - which keeps AMD out of the corporate market and locks out Athlon MP support from major OEMs." Agreed...It is indeed remarkable that AMD can be shut out of North America...it's my guess that AMD XP offers the consumer too much advantage for it to be locked out for any prolonged period...Unlike previous successful attempts at beating AMD back when AMD got too pesky, INTC no longer has the superior product lineup at the top end of the performance range...The P4 just doesn't have what it takes to shut Athy XP out of the US market for long...