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To: Paul Engel who wrote (26295)	5/3/1998 5:26:00 AM
From: Scott Sterling	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 33344

> The answer can be determined by examining the success of the Cyrix > and AMD chips vis-a-vis their competitor, Intel. Actually I doubt most people know what an FPU is (or for some even a CPU). In the short run market share is determined by production capacity, and longer term I imagine factors such as marketing and process technology (I know, I know... Intel's is better.. I hope that saved you from having to post that again) outweigh FPU's. > Most customers choose to spend the extra money to but the BEST CPU > as opposed to saving a few lousy bucks just to end up with an > inferior CPU. I think most people just assume higher Mhz and more expensive is better, and their choice will depend upon their budget. --Scott