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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (36000)	8/14/1998 6:15:00 PM
From: Bruce Russell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574096

Jim: I think you are low on the modem and cdrom. How long ago would this system have been top of the line in performance?

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (36000)	8/14/1998 7:18:00 PM
From: Yougang Xiao	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574096

AMD/Intel and Y2K Issues: A while back, some including CEO of CPQ suggested that existing PC owners (both consumers and corporations) would opt to purchase new computers to replace older PC to overcome Y2K problems. If true, PC demands could pick up considerately later on, and that is good for AMD and Intel alike. To quantify, facts to the following questions would help greatly: 1. What is the worldwide installed/in-use PC base (numbers)? We know that Windows 95/98 require a entry level Pentium to run and Windows 95/98 are Y2K compliant (from my own unscientific testing), hence, further question: 2. What is the rough total output of Pentium, Pentium x so far (educated guess here, we all know that Intel does not reveal its CPU units number). Those who uses Windows 95/98 with Pentium (and up) class machines are less likely to purchase new PC based on Y2K concern alone. Therefore, the Y2K upgrade hope rests on those still use 486 and OS below Windows 95. 3. Are DOS and Windows 3x Y2K compliant? If not, then 4. Whether the Y2K solution can rectify Y2K problem that machines running DOS/Windows 3x are facing?