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To: Brian Hutcheson who wrote (27587)	1/3/1998 11:12:00 PM
From: Buckwheat	Respond to of 1570331

Brian,, just got in from Atlanta. Noticed a few gadgets that are coming out at the lower end to assist vendors getting into the sub-$700 PC market. The most noteworthy was a new Asus SP-97 motherboard that incorporates a video chip and SIS chipset and sells for $89 retail. It will take all socket 7 CPUs but does not have a slot for the Intel Video cassette. :>) Several shops had decent (expandable and upgradeable) systems for $699. Buckwheat

To: Brian Hutcheson who wrote (27587)	1/4/1998 3:09:00 AM
From: Yousef	Respond to of 1570331

Brian, Re: "That information seems to confirm my thought ..." Here we go again with the theory that some Tier 1 vendors are taking all the .25um 266mhz K6's ... the fact is that AMD has slipped their .25um process introduction and "ramp-up". Pretty soon Petz will have to "officailly agree" with my Intel versus AMD process assessments. Please see: exchange2000.com "Thank you, Yousef, for your promise of 12/7/97: ... if AMD is truly shipping 266mhz & 300mhz notebooks in the next 1-2 months, I will be very impressed. Based on those facts, I would have to re-assess my statements on Intel versus AMD process technologies. And yes, if there are neither 266 MHz nor 300 MHz AMD notebooks by then, I would have to agree that Intel is still at least a half generation ahead in process technology. Petz" Make It So, Yousef