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To: Gary105 who wrote (39129)	11/6/1997 5:32:00 AM
From: Lee Penick	Respond to of 186894

Gary, Re - "So the arguement of a throwaway cheap computer is bogus imo. At the corporate level theres a significant manpower expense associated with maintenance and paperwork when the cheap computer has problems and the new one needs to be procured and files transferred. At the home level, its an infrequent event and people dont want to live with the uncertainty of "brand X inside" for the next few years." Good point, I agree completely. "People don't get fired for buying Intel" Where I work, thousands of computers are networked. They are Intel and will be upgraded with Intel. 10 years from now, Intel is going to have a very large share of a much larger market. take care, Lee

To: Gary105 who wrote (39129)	11/6/1997 1:14:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Gary - Re: "... 9 out of 9 would not switch from "intel inside" for the sake of saving a few hundred $. " Apparently the larger OEM's feel the same way. For reference purposes, IBM is announcing three new computers today. One has a Pentium II/300 MHz CPU, another (a notebook) has a Pentium Tillamook, and the third, a low cost $999 APtiva, has a "166 MHz MMX enabled processor". In other words, IBM is using either an AMD (most likely) or Cyrix chip in the cheap one and is too embarrased to advertise that fact. biz.yahoo.com Paul