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To: Shtirlitz who wrote (3744)	11/16/1998 7:35:00 PM
From: David S.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4634

yes. I was surprised at how poorly the AMD products performed in benchmark tests. Sometimes people don't make the most intelligent purchasing decisions. So, if the consumer believes that a pc running off an AMD microprocessor will be equal to the same box with an Intel of equal stated performance, and if the AMD box saves them $, AMD will do fine. If people started thinking that the perfomance of AMD things were less than stated once pc's were built around them, then maybe AMD would do less well. I don't recall where I saw the test results, and given the plethora of web sites covering the topic, trade rags, etc., I will never find it.

To: Shtirlitz who wrote (3744)	11/17/1998 12:15:00 AM
From: dfloydr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4634

WE just ot an AMD K6/2 333mhz and it is fantastic. THe speed comps I have seen put it right next to the Pentium II 400 mhz and from what this puppy does I can believe it. THe AMD was something more than $200 less than the PII which we were able to put into bigger hard drives and more memory. Love it. Also, I am told that the AMD chips run a whole lot cooler and use less juice, hence they do very well in laptops. Anyone able to confirm or deny these allegations? But for Christmas I'm going back to Mac. I just got my wife a G3 and my daughter and I are are slowly turning green with envy. Floyd