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To: Richard Habib who wrote (38404)	10/30/1997 12:42:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 186894

Well, if IBM and Apple can pull it off, then yes, it will indeed blindside the PC industry. On the other hand, Apple will likely keep Rhapsody proprietary and it will fall flat on its face as usual. Jim

To: Richard Habib who wrote (38404)	10/30/1997 1:30:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Richard - Re: " I respectfully submit that we may be missing where the competition is going to come from in 1998 and beyond." The fundamental point you are not considering is that IBM is a COMPUTER MANUFACTURER FIRST and a Semiconductor manufacturer SECOND. ALL PC manufacturers see IBM as a competitor. Why buy CPUs from your competitor when you have to pay his profit requirements and he gets the same chip at his cost? AS for a 1.1 GigaHertz PowerPC - IBM has enormous resources and I'm sure they will be able to manufacture a prototype capable of running at that clock speed. One day, Apple may even offer a product based on this CPU. But Apple has pretty much guaranteed that UMAX, Power Computing, and Motorola WILL NOT BE offering such a machine. DEC's ALpha runs faster than Intel's current Pentium II's. HP's PA-RISC 8500 runs faster than Intel's CPUs Clock speed is only one element in the equation. Paul