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To: Paul Engel who wrote (2255)	11/17/1997 7:05:00 PM
From: Alex Balazs	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6843

Almost none of the AMD faithful will now admit to holding this stock! I can and do admit it.....I hardly doubt anyone knew when AMD was 48 that it would not go much higher.....(remember all the speculation of a $90 price target?).....I bought in at 15 3/8, and I've seen my profits go everyone where from -20% to +200%, and i'm still in....maybe I should have sold, but then i'd have missed all the excitement :) I have to agree with Kevin about going after the gamers market. It might not be the bigest market, but maybe 30% of all computer are sold with games in mind as at least one of the things it'll be good for. I'm not too sure how much better the new 3D technology makes games if you compare it to things comming arround the bend like the 3DFX Voodoo II chipset.....but if AMD becomes the Gamers CPU, then Kevin has a point. How much faster do you want the spreadsheet to run? Not many people need it to be faster. But Gamers always need a faster CPU to do bigger and better gaming on.........Who knows, this may be AMD's saving grace in the future. Alex

To: Paul Engel who wrote (2255)	11/17/1997 11:54:00 PM
From: Praveen Johal	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 6843

I do not post often but I consider myself an AMD faithful as you put it (as I object to monopolies especially when led by the likes of Intel)and have held on and increased my AMD portfolio many times over the last 18 months. I am down currently down 10% overall on my investment but I fully expect to recoup........someday - but if that's the price of helping to thwart an Intel monoploy, so be And before you get all high and mighty about the all mightyIntel over AMD I freely state that Intel is the "king" of the hill and will probably remain so...what I object to is their complacent and "that's just the way it is" attitude when there is no competition at their backside. That's why I want AMD and Cyrix to keep nipping at their heels. One lie that always makes me laugh (and there are some from AMD too) is the statement from Intel that the competitors have nothing to do with their roadmap or pricing. I have several close friends who are Intel mid level managers and don't for a second think that AMD, Cyrix and IBM are not on their minds and driving them along right now. Oh well I said my piece so I guess I'll fade away again :)