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To: James R. Barrett who wrote (74796)	2/27/1999 9:25:00 PM
From: Neal davidson	Respond to of 186894

Anecdotal information: This morning, I was channel surfing and passed by QVC. I heard the name "Intel," so I started paying attention. They were selling a unit (by a generic box maker whose name I did not recognize and don't recall at this moment) which had the PIII "inside." The sales duo were practically gasping for air talking about how wonderful, amazing, fast and desirable the new PIII is. They said that they were taking orders today, although the official release was a day away. (the fine print on the bottom of the screen said that the computers would be shipped on March 15th) I did not happen to notice how many they were selling, but about 3 minutes into their marketing spiel, they said there were only 550 left. No more than 5 minutes later, they said that there were less than 200 remaining. They sold out a few minutes after that, but they continued gushing about the new PIII. If they are selling out at QVC, on some "no-name" brand, I can only imagine what is going on at the DELL web site.

To: James R. Barrett who wrote (74796)	2/27/1999 10:34:00 PM
From: Fred Fahmy	Respond to of 186894

James, Re: "name four popular applications (no games) that the average home user would see SIGNIFICANT performance improvement by switching from a P-II computer to a P-III." I think you are seriously lost. PIII sales are not based the premiss that tons of PII users are going to upgrade to PIII. Most PII users are probably still pretty happy with what they've got. But what about users who are ready to upgrade or buy new computers. Why should they not get a PIII. Sure some people will go for the lower price PII's (especially as they get reduced in price/phased out). But many people will be looking forward with the understanding that the software is catching up to the CPU. Will the audio/visual applications of tomorrow perform better on a PIII or PII. Think about it. FF

To: James R. Barrett who wrote (74796)	2/28/1999 8:11:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

James - Re: "Convince me to buy the P-III." Convince yourself. Paul

To: James R. Barrett who wrote (74796)	2/28/1999 8:23:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

James - Re: " name four popular applications (no games) that the average home user would see SIGNIFICANT performance improvement by switching from a P-II computer to a P-III." Dragon Naturally Speaking Adobe PhotoDeluxe Home Edition 3.1 ULead Video Studio Painter 5.5 Paul