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To: Yousef who wrote (75006)	3/19/2002 8:05:28 PM
From: niceguy767	Respond to of 275872

Yousef: "Another "dreamer", I see ... HWQ will not want multiple vendors for CPU's. This is NOT cost efficient ... " Maybe you are right this time...Could be a really big downer for INTC once Hammer arrives!!!

To: Yousef who wrote (75006)	3/19/2002 8:57:10 PM
From: Milan Shah	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

HWQ will not want multiple vendors for CPU's. This is NOT cost efficient This is a popular but rather incredulous belief. Yes, if you are Gateway, the trimming the processor vendors from 2 to 1 can reduce the number of total suppliers you deal with by as much as 10%, resulting in significant savings. But, for a diversified products company like HP, they already have 100s of suppliers for everything from components for inkjets, scanners, DVD RAM drives, digital cameras, to components for a wide range of computing products. Trimming the number of processor vendors for a part of their product portfolio from 2 to 1 is not going to have a significant net savings. Milan