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To: combjelly who wrote (152212)	12/12/2001 12:42:57 PM
From: wanna_bmw	Respond to of 186894

Combjelly, Re: "After Microsoft made their announcement, they had no reason to change their mind on the processor unless something was seriously wrong with it, which there wasn't." You've probably nailed it. In order to get the design win from AMD, Intel had to have offered much more than simply undercutting them in price. Take a look at Tenchusatsu's earlier post. He lists a number of reasons why Microsoft would choose Intel over AMD. Besides, I think that Microsoft's decision to go with Intel over AMD is the crux of this argument - not some measly dispute over the definition of "last minute". wbmw