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To: Stefan who wrote (29741)	4/28/1999 11:35:00 AM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Stefan, re >>My point is that there is no application that requires more computing power, once such app. is a hit then we will see recovery.<< People don't just buy what's required, but what is available. My old 200 MHz PC handles my applications just fine. But when I bought another PC for backup, I got a 350 MHz. 200 MHz just wasn't available any more. This is how faster and more powerful PCs are sold: the customer simply has no choice. Gottfried

To: Stefan who wrote (29741)	4/28/1999 4:49:00 PM
From: Tony Viola	Respond to of 70976

Stefan, Since you believe that PIII is doing exceptionally well why would you think INTC cut prices shortly after introduction? PIII came out at 800 and 600 bucks for the 500 and 450 MHz speeds. Intel always comes out high, and then cuts when they at full bore wrt high yields, etc. Standard operating procedure for Intel for generations of MPUs. If PIII is in demand why then businesses don't want them and prefer PII. Hit it is not Y2K, your reasoning on that would imply that PIII is not Y2K compliant which is false. Most businesses, or anybody, prefer PIII now, according to Intel. It's just that some business customers are paranoid about Y2K and don't want to go to anything new, even if you gave it to them for free, until next year. Hence, Intel kept PII going. PIII is Y2K compliant re Intel. EOY 1999, Intel said it's all PIII. My point is that there is no application that requires more computing power, once such app. is a hit then we will see recovery. No application? That's a rather sweeping statement. CAD, CAE and any other design oriented or intensely graphics oriented applications, or servers (internet, intranet), or audio or video compression, voice input PC applications will use all the power they can get. These are what the PIII and PIII Xeon are slated for. You have to get away from the concept of just the desktop. Sure, for web surfing and office 97 stuff, a Celeron based PC will be all you need. Tony