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To: Scumbria who wrote (30311)	11/19/1998 6:05:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33344

Scumbria, You're getting pretty good at this...you're not looking for a job are ya? <G> Jim

To: Scumbria who wrote (30311)	11/19/1998 6:13:00 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33344

Top Intel brass sets sights on a $399 PC zdnet.com "We're doing a massive program to take costs down without sacrificing functionality," he added. Otellini's goal: a $399 PC that would run Windows and provide browser-based Internet access, although he admitted, "I don't know if we can make money there." But as long as they prevent other guys from making money, it's fine. Without providing specifics, Otellini said a key focus of Katmai would be a set of features that enable users to better exploit the Internet. What a joke. "While downloading a page, Katmai based PC will be able to in idle for 10 million cycles, while the competition's will be in idle for only 5 million cycles. "Megahertz matters, price matters, everything else is tertiary," Barrett said. He is right about price. We will see about MHz. There were a lot of autdo buffs who paid $10,000 for turntablesto play their LPs with wierd parameters like RPM within +/- 0.00001% of standard, while others were +/- 0.0001 for $1,000. In the near future, how many people will be willing to pay $500 for 25% performance increase over $50 chip, while this performance will be undetectable to human eye? Otellini and Barrett said they're cognizant of competitive pressures, but also aware of their rivals' execution problems. "On paper, AMD and Cyrix products look good," Barrett said. "But can you get the production volume on them?" We will see. Joe