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To: Jim Henke who wrote (3579)	3/9/1998 6:16:00 PM
From: Mark Orsi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4453

I agree - we are still talking about fanless (no pun intended) boxes. Good and Bad Press: Psst! Wanna Buy an NC? zdnet.com "The IBM 1000 better represents the the ideal NC." ... "Why should you get an NC? We're still not sure." also reported several deficiencies in running java JavaStation Debuts at Last zdnet.com

To: Jim Henke who wrote (3579)	3/9/1998 10:00:00 PM
From: PFRice	Respond to of 4453

My post about the fan was partly in jest. The Pentium as it is today is anything but low-power. So, Intel will in all likelihood be making a version of the chip that consumes less power. They will also need to bring the cost way way down. Regardless, the thought of using a scaled-back Pentium in something like a WBT immediately brings to mind a 6 letter word: K-L-U-D-G-E. For this type of application, the Pentium just doesn't seem to be the best technical solution. The WBT is a very different beast compared to the desktop PC. The things that make the Pentium the necessary choice in PCs do not necessarily hold with WBTs. Or to put it another way, the accesibility of the Windows applications that the end user ultimately cares about is decoupled from the choice of processor architecture used in the WBT.This of course is just the first inning and I'm sure Intel will work out the issues.. Overall, I think the agreement is very positive for NCD. There will be server vendors looking to OEM thin clients, and having Intel send those vendors NCD's way is a very good thing. A lot has changed in the past two years.