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To: Night Writer who wrote (94401)	12/21/2001 10:59:46 AM
From: Elwood P. Dowd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

NW: Looks like 10 is the most likely landing place for CPQ today. Seems pretty obvious at this point, knock on wood, that it isn't headed to 7.5. El iqauto.com

To: Night Writer who wrote (94401)	12/21/2001 12:34:33 PM
From: Elwood P. Dowd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

Best Performance PC of The Year by: skeptically 12/21/01 12:23 pm Msg: 265680 of 265684 biz.yahoo.com Friday December 21, 12:10 pm Eastern Time Press Release SOURCE: AMD AMD Athlon XP Processor Powers PC Magazine's Best of 2001 Desktop PC Compaq's `Built For You' Presario 8000Z Wins Best of 2001 for Performance Desktop Computer Features World's Highest Performing PC Processor SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 2001-- AMD (NYSE:AMD - news) today announced that PC Magazine has awarded an AMD Athlon(tm) XP processor-based system, the Compaq Presario 8000Z, the best PC desktop system for 2001. The award will be announced in PC Magazine's Best of 2001 issue (Jan. 15, 2002), on sale beginning Dec. 26. The Compaq Presario 8000Z, a powerful desktop that delivers outstanding performance and expandability to meet the needs of users seeking a powerful system to enjoy digital music, 3D gaming, digital imaging, video, and online shopping and buying, features the AMD Athlon XP processor 1800+ and DDR (Double Data Rate) memory. This is the second time this year PC Magazine has honored this system. The Compaq Presario 8000Z won PC Magazine's Editors' Choice Award, announced in its Dec. 11 issue. The Best of 2001 is a roundup of the best products and services as tested and selected by PC Magazine editors. This year's edition honors 53 award winners. According to the online edition of the Best of 2001, PC Magazine editors write, ``The Compaq Presario 8000z offers the creme de la creme of computer hardware...'' ``This Best of 2001 recognition, coupled with the Editors' Choice honor PC Magazine awarded to the Compaq Presario 8000Z earlier this year, leaves no doubt about the superior application performance of the AMD Athlon XP processor,'' said Ed Ellett, vice president of marketing for AMD's Computation Products Group. ``The award also validates the response from consumers, which has been phenomenal, as we've had robust demand for the AMD Athlon XP processor since the launch in October.'' AMD Athlon(tm) Processor Awards Around the World The AMD Athlon(tm) family of processors and systems based on these processors have received more than 100 awards worldwide. Please see www.amd.com/athlonawards for a complete listing of AMD Athlon processor and AMD Athlon processor-based system awards. About the AMD Athlon(tm) XP Processor The AMD Athlon(tm) XP processor features QuantiSpeed(tm) architecture, 384KB of on-chip, full-speed cache, and support for AMD's 3DNow!(tm) Professional instructions for enhanced multimedia capabilities. The AMD Athlon XP processor is compatible with AMD's Socket A infrastructure, and supports the advanced 266MHz front-side bus. AMD Athlon XP processors are manufactured using AMD's 0.18-micron copper process technology in Fab 30 in Dresden, Germany.