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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (55612)	4/15/1999 3:14:00 PM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1578146

Ten, In order to get the OEM's to move from the high-volume Slot 1 to the very new and (initially) low-volume Slot A platform, you'll have to demonstrate a real advantage. If the K7 only achieves performance parity with the Pentium III, no one is going to switch to it unless AMD drops its price to K6-III levels. Whoops, there go the future profits! If K7 sold at 25% below PIII, it would still make a boatload of money for AMD. Where does Intel get their 2 billion dollars profit from? Scumbria

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (55612)	4/15/1999 3:29:00 PM
From: d e conway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578146

<< In order to get the OEM's to move from the high-volume Slot 1 to the very new and (initially) low-volume Slot A platform, you'll have to demonstrate a real advantage >> Baloney. The real advantage for the OEM's (and for the computing public) is having available a second big-time MPU producer to counteract Intel's leverage and price gouging. Dan

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (55612)	4/15/1999 7:18:00 PM
From: Mani1	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578146

Tenchusatsu Re<<In order to get the OEM's to move from the high-volume Slot 1 to the very new and (initially) low-volume Slot A platform, you'll have to demonstrate a real advantage. If the K7 only achieves performance parity with the Pentium III, no one is going to switch to it unless AMD drops its price to K6-III levels. Whoops, there go the future profits!>> Hmmmm, what are you smoking? OEM's will offer the K7 if it can make them more money. That is all there is to it. If customers want the performance of the K7, OEM will offer it. This is not complicated. Are you trying to make up for the absence of Paul with this "FUD"? Mani