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To: Dan3 who wrote (166596)	6/19/2002 11:37:37 AM
From: Dave	Respond to of 186894

Its not good news for either party.

To: Dan3 who wrote (166596)	6/19/2002 12:39:58 PM
From: Windsock	Respond to of 186894

The Hamster would be a nice, competitive, 32-bit machine with 64 bit extensions available but mostly unused. But only if it was introduced in Q1 of 2002 and it wasn't. Instead, the Hamster will arrive in real quantities in Q1 or more likely in Q2 of 2003. It will be slow, running at a probable 1.5 GHz with a "cross your fingers and pray" target of 2 GHz. This will be a full 1500MHz to 1000 MHz behind the then Pentium 4 running at 3.O GHz or better. The Hamster will have little 64 bit software support. It may -- and may not -- have a Windows OS. If available, a Windows OS for the Hamster will be 64 bit in name only because the machine will boot 64 bit capable but then run only 32 bit mode software. Microsoft will not port Office to the Hamster and no major software will get ported to the software. The Hamster will arrive supported by some 64 bit screen savers and a couple games but only if a Windows OS is available. My SWAG is that the odds are about 60/40 against the arrival of a Windows OS. In summary, the Hamster will be too little too late. There will be much beating of drums and lots of noise. But the Hamster will disappoint. A side effect of the Hamster introduction is that the Athlon will get killed by the Hamster with the Osbourn effect. However, the Hamster will not adequately replace lost unit sales and AMD will suffer.