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To: Xpiderman who wrote (2277)	11/18/1997 1:02:00 AM
From: James Yu	Respond to of 6843

Xy, Please break down the details of each part and brand of two computer systems they use and post here. Best wishes James

To: Xpiderman who wrote (2277)	11/18/1997 1:48:00 AM
From: Ali Chen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6843

Xy, <On Monday Washington Post, I noticed AMD K6-233 MHZ system is priced at $1209, and the same configuration Intel P-MMX-233 MHZ sells for only $1169! Yes, $80 cheaper than AMD's K6, and I am talking about the exact same configuration.> First, 1209-1169=40, not 80. Your fears seem to double everything you see. In the light of this I would advise you to check one more time whether the configuration is exaclty the same. Please remember that "accelerator" may be not equal to another "accelerator", and 32MB not always equal to other 32MB, and 33.6 modems could be of very different quality, etc., etc. Second, as Paul Engel teaches us, this is a free market yet, hence, if a seller advertises something, he probably knows what he is doing and how it sells. Therefore, don't think "I don't think any buyer will even look at these AMD K6 systems while the Intel (brand name) systems sell for 7% less." - this is not your business to think about other buyers. <More importantly, I felt cheated by AMD about its 25% cheaper claim.> More importantly, try to understand that the processor cost constitutes less than 20% of the PC, and do not feel so literally. The 25% applies to VOLUME BUYERS and OEM (PC makers). As I see you are not buying these K6 in 1000-nds, so don't whin about cheating. The real cheating is when a product is advertized as compliant to certain specifications and established standards, and is sold as such to public in >100M quantity. Later it appears that the product ("brand name" Pentium and Pentium MMX) do not comply with advertized specification. If customers would be warned about such non-compliancy, they would not pay the suggested retail prices for the buggy product, so some apparent losses have occured. Therefore, it looks like a class action lawsuit is in order. I think this is a perfect opportunity for a professional lawer in this case - it smells like several millions in lawer's fees... Every Pentium owner might be eligible for a couple of bucks in refund.... Any lawers out here? Ali