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To: kash johal who wrote (74910)	3/1/1999 2:19:00 AM
From: Gerald Walls	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

KIII Stop using the intentionally confusing, copycat nomenclature. Either use the original AMD name, K6-3, or go whole hog and call it the KVI-III. Why do you think you and AMD can get away with K6, K6-2, then K6-III? I wonder what slimeball marketing type decided to try to fool consumers by switching to the Roman numerals...

To: kash johal who wrote (74910)	3/1/1999 11:52:00 AM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Kash, >>>The real advanage is that you can buy fully loaded systems for $1200 vs $1600 from Intel comparing KIII/PIII 400Mhz systems.<<< When and in what supply will K63's be available? None of the local (Si Valley) stores had any but all had PIII PCs except Fry's who said any day. Tony

To: kash johal who wrote (74910)	3/1/1999 2:16:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

<The real advanage is that you can buy fully loaded systems for $1200 vs $1600 from Intel comparing KIII/PIII 400Mhz systems.> First of all, I don't know of any Pentium III 400 MHz. It's perhaps a typo on your part. Second, I think that price difference you mentioned is rather steep. Last time I checked, the K6-III 400 is selling for $150 less than a Pentium II 450 MHz. (If we compared the same clock speed, the Pentium II 400 MHz is actually selling slightly less than the K6-III 400.) Where is the extra $250 going in the Pentium II system? Third, even with a $150 price difference, the businesses aren't concerned about how much the system costs up front. They're more worried about TCO, or total cost of ownership. How is the K6-III system going to lower that? Yeah, I know, this has little to do with the CPU, but I'll argue that it has a lot to do with the Super 7 platform vs. the tried-and-true 440BX chipset for the Pentium II. And fourth, businesses are also worried about availability, too. How many K6-III CPUs can AMD seriously crank out, and how much K6-2 production are they willing to sacrifice? Me, I'm more worried about the K7 than the K6-III. Tenchusatsu