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To: Scumbria who wrote (72270)	1/27/1999 1:55:00 PM
From: Big Kahuna	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Hey, if Intel were sharp, they'd do the same thing they did when they were making 486 SX or DX chips. I believe the deal with those were, they both were essentially the same chip except the SX had it's math co-processor disabled. With the Pentium III's, they could offer one with the e-commerce capability and one with the serial ID destroyed. This way, there is (almost) no way someone could ever goof and accidentally enable the serial # function. This way, privacy protection is truly at the discretion of the consumer. You don't want to be tracked? Buy the chip without the serial #. Just a thought

To: Scumbria who wrote (72270)	1/27/1999 3:10:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 186894

<The price differential between 233 and 333 MHz is extremely small. There isn't any reason to buy less than 333 MHz anymore. 400 Mhz and above command an unjustifiable price premium however.> What you are talking about, Scumbria, is the price-performance curve. There, you are arguing that the optimum point on that curve is somewhere between 333 and 400 MHz. If that's what you are saying, then I'll agree with you. Yet every time Intel launches a faster processor, the prices on all the other processors drop. Then the optimum point on the price-performance curve moves to a higher speed. The result? People can buy more power with the same amount of money. Whether they want to stay on the "most bang for the buck" part of the curve or go all out and spend mucho bucks on the latest and greatest, they'll all benefit from Intel's new processors. Of course, Intel marketing focuses all the fanfare on the latest and greatest. (Big deal; AT&T heavily advertises their "One Rate" plan, even though it's a rip-off to the majority of cell-phone users out there.) But for those who are tired of this should take comfort in the fact that the faster and cheaper Celerons are following right behind in the marching band. So relax, Scumbria. Thanks to the Pentium III, you'll be saying six months from now, "There isn't any reason to buy less than 400 MHz anymore." Tenchusatsu