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To: Petz who wrote (40030)	11/11/1997 4:07:00 PM
From: carl a. mehr	Respond to of 186894

John, After that tirade to Paul dump your Intel PCs in the trash and go out and buy an Apple!!!!!! I still don't know what to do with my working Pentium PCs that failed you flaw test; maybe I should just ignore you. May I suggest that you go back to school? humble carl

To: Petz who wrote (40030)	11/11/1997 4:50:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

Petz - Re: - Intel Bugs You're becoming a regular "Roach Reporter". I want to thank you for doing such diligent work to protect our investment. Let me put another spin on all this bug crap you keep complaining about. Life isn't perfect and nearly every decision requires some sort of tradeoff to be made. Clearly, Intel has produced a few glaring bugs in its chips - but the marketplace seems to be able to put these bugs in their proper context. Intel has innovated and produced Pentiums that supply great value to users of these chips. Is the value of these chips diminished by virtue of the current bug? To a few - yes. Hopefully, Intel will rectify or ameliorate that situation. To most - NO. Their PCs work just fine. They are smart enough not to intentionally sabotage their computers. They are equally cognizant of the fact that there ARE ways, many ways, to sabotage PCs and that is a fact of life that they accept and deal with. Your machine-gun postings of RECALL RECALL only brings to light the desparation you see with your own investment - AMD. Trying to prey on the naivete of PC users to throw out their Pentium PCs, emminently valuable up until last Friday, will meet with little success. You see, most people who use a PC, even a Pentium PC, can recognize that it is a valuble tool, albeit not a perfect tool. However, these people bought the Pentium-based PC not because it offered or advertised perfection, but because it offered both value and utility to perform its usual functions, for which the purchase was made in the first place. Over the long haul, these users appreciate what the Pentium PC does for them despite its many shortcomings. If there were better alternatives, people would buy those alternatives. This is where your frustration comes in. People do not flock to AMD processors because most customers perceive little or no value in choosing AMD. The lack of availability, competitive speed, lack of features, repeated failures in design (K5) and manufacturing (K6) etc. all factor in. Result - Intel is still the processor of choice. Paul