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To: kpf who wrote (225550)	2/7/2007 7:03:05 PM
From: eracer	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 275872

Re: Besides, what's left of the "enthusiast" PC-crowd will find benchmarks to make them proud of having quads, i am confident. I mean they bought Willamettes - and they did not change. It was Joe Six Pack and businesses buying Willamettes. The enthusiast crowd was far more friendly to Athlon. That is one reason why AMD claimed 22% of the PC market share back in Q3 2001. Intel got the enthusiast crowd back with Northwood. I think quad-core will be almost worthless for the desktop for at least a couple years to come. I believe Intel is lowering Core 2 Duo prices to keep a lid on AMD desktop ASPs and quad-core makes a convenient placeholder for high-end pricing.