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To: Joey Smith who wrote (33373)	6/18/1998 1:36:00 AM
From: Yousef	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572377

Joey, Re: "Plain and simple, IBM and Cpq are taking AMD to the cleaners..." I agree ... IBM and Compaq are treating AMD like a "$2 Hooker" ... Not a pretty site, IMHO. Make It So, Yousef

To: Joey Smith who wrote (33373)	6/18/1998 2:46:00 PM
From: Petz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572377

Joey, your recollection "AMD spokesman [said] that K6-2 will be priced equivalent to PII" is faulty. They said that since K6-2 is equivalent in performance to Pentium II, it would be priced 25% below it. They also said that since it is 25% higher performance than Celeron, it would be priced same as Celeron. Right now, according to Pricewatch, the K6-2-266 is -2% relative to Celeron 266 -37% relative to Pentium II-266 K6-2-300 is -4% relative to Celeron 300 -35% relative to Pentium II-300 The low AMD pricing has had the desired effect: Intel has given up on Slot 1 for future Celerons. This guarantees that they won't be able to sell any Slot 1 Celerons during the phaseout. Petz