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To: Joe NYC who wrote (22445)	1/4/1998 6:00:00 PM
From: StockMan	Respond to of 33344

JoeBob, Re -- But if someone was to take MXi and turn it into a videogame machine, Once again you shoot your mouth off without knowing anything. Nintendo's and other game machines are optimized for games , they are fast 64bits, with fast memory etc.. The Mxi is a dog. Cyrix will have to use their PR rating, they won't evn be able to get 200Mhz on the darn things. Actually they would do well to sell it to Compaq for a loss. Yup Compaq is going to sequeeze Cyrix/NSM. No profits from the Cyrix operation for the forseeable future. With Asian crisis. NSM is a DUD. Sell your NSM shares NSMites. Stockman

To: Joe NYC who wrote (22445)	1/4/1998 6:04:00 PM
From: FJB	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 33344

Joe, Oh, I see what you're saying. How does the MXi stack up as a game machine? I was thinking about the PC market. The graphics processors for N64/PSX are almost as expensive as their CPUs. Also, the N64 uses expensive RDRAM. So a two chip solution like the MXi could be competive if it cost about $80. I think that price point is very doable. Bob Logging off for the evening. I'm missing the football game!

To: Joe NYC who wrote (22445)	1/4/1998 7:02:00 PM
From: Sleeperz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33344

>Playstations and Nintendos cost $150. I don't understand why this is relevant.< << But if someone was to take MXi and turn it into a videogame machine, you have to offer something that's fairly competitive with what's out there. If you could offer ability to play games + all the Windows 95 / x86 software for about the same price, you have a winning solution.<< But for SONY and Nintendo, Selling the Hardware is a lost leader, very low profit margins. The Big money is in the Software or in Nintendos case, along licensing the rights to produce games for the N64 and gouging everyone on the game cartridges. I don't think NSM will be getting into the SW biz. cl