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To: Investor A who wrote (25448)	11/4/1997 7:52:00 AM
From: Jay Charters	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579687

Investor A, In Monday's addition of the Washington Post there is a business/computer section in which all the local PC vendors advertise in-house built PCs. What was most interesting was that K6-233 MHz systems were selling for $70 more than the same system with a Pentium 233 MMX processor. At the 200 MHz clock, the pricing was reversed and the K6-200 MHz was approximately $50 cheaper. This pricing pattern was the same for all vendors that advertized both processor options which was about 75% of all adds. In addition, I talked with a salesmen at one of the larger seller's, called "Erol's" located in Springfield, VA, and he said the K6-233 MMXs were selling well, even at the elevalted prices, and the K6-200 MHz systems are one of the best selling processors. Bottom line, the Washington/Northern Virginia area has a large consentration of high-tech and business people and I am curious about other areas in the country as to the pricing and sales outlook If only AMD did not have the yield/speed problem it sure looks like they could be gaining market share form Intel, based on the marketing action in this area of the country. Jay Charters