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To: Paul Engel who wrote (44854)	1/5/1999 5:24:00 AM
From: Craig Freeman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570635

Paul, re: "SLUMPING prices of the 400 MHz K6-2?" Compared to last quarter's average ASP of ~$100, if the $158 price holds, this represents a significant improvement rather than a problem. But ASPs aside, the Celeron is crushing everyone's bottom line. When I set out to buy a new CPU some months back, I looked at the PII/400 and the Celeron 333. I bought the latter thinking that I could get a better deal on a PII/400 by year's end. As it turns out, I could buy nearly three (3!) Celeron/400s for about what one PII/400 would have cost originally. At these prices, I'm seriously considering buying a keyboard/mouse switchbox and networking a second PC under my desk (wave of the future ... two PCs for every user?) Since Intel has a top line to hold, they must be way ahead of schedule and expect to offer attractive "super-PIIs" before Summer. Otherwise, today's cuts would be suicidal ... something I would not expect from Intel. What do you think Intel will offer MIS managers to dissuade them from standardizing on CeleronA/400s? Craig