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To: Big Bucks who wrote (10819)	11/12/1997 2:51:00 PM
From: davesd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Bucks....It was only a matter of time before the ALPHA chips were cost effective to put into PC's.....They will dust any Pentium running NT. Customers now will have a choice....INTC, AMD, DEC for NT based PC's. INTC's margins will be in a world of hurt if the Alpha's catch on. Now INTC has competition at the low end and at the high end...This is going to be very interesting. dave

To: Big Bucks who wrote (10819)	11/12/1997 3:21:00 PM
From: Tech Buyer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 70976

>>This article is big trouble for Intel<< BB, I disagree. The Alpha chip will be able to run Windows NT in native mode, but not Win 95 or Win 98, which is/will be the home market. There could be market share gain in some niche market, but most people will stick with Intel-compatible (x86) chips. Compatibility is more important than speed for most PC users. Do corporate decision makers really want to switch microprocessor family just for some short-term advantage in speed? (especially when Intel is getting Alpha technology anyway.) TB (BTW, I don't own Intel stock right now)