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To: greg nus who wrote (32365)	5/3/1998 5:46:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571417

greg - Re: " mean if you want to be on the same inteligence level as Linsdey Greenwnap who said Celeron is a crappy chip. " A crappy chip is one which doesn't sell. If the Celeron sells, and sells in high volumes, it will be a very successful chip. And who is using the Celeron? HP, Compaq, IBM and a host of others. All of AMD's Tier 1 OEM's also offer Intel Celeron products. As the Mendocino emerges, EVERY PC manufacturer (Except Apple) will offer this enormously Compelling Value Proposition! You, and others of your ilk, are faced with the dilemma that you have backed yourself into. Claiming that Intel's top-of-the-line CPUs are "too powerful", you have opened yourself up to the hollow position of now bashing Intel's slower CPU (the Celeron) that happens to be more cost effective than AMD's current chips. Ask yourself this, greg - what software won't run on the Celeron? Answer: Everything will run on the Celeron - not as fast as a K6-300 but if it is SPEED that is the issue, NOBODY will buy a K6-300! They will buy an Intel Pentium II - 400 Mhz system! AMD has two choices - maintain their over-priced K6 pricing and lose sales and market share or cut their ASP's and try to maintain market share - and continue losing money. You clearly do not understand tactics and strategy as it applies to competitive business situations. If you did, you would realize that AMD is now locked in a "squeeze play" - outperformed by Intel's superior technology at the high end and underpriced by Intel's superior cost structure on the low end. Think, greg -- it may hurt and may hurt your pride, but THINK! Paul