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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (58736)	5/19/1999 1:28:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572383

<They also said the Pentium IIIs were selling better because of the higher end peripherals that came with those machines. The cost of those machines was basically double. The Pentium IIIs get bundled with the higher end computers. I wonder what could be done to get the lower priced chips to get bundled with the higher end peripherals?> It was a trend that was noticeable ever since the Celeron speeds started overlapping those of the Pentium II/III. The higher-end peripherals are constantly featured on Pentium III machines, like you said. I wouldn't expect Intel to change this much. Why should they if it helps to preserve the market segmentation? And now that AMD is going to shoot for high-end desktops with the K7, I don't think AMD will want to change this as well, unless they're intent on keeping the low-end marketshare that they originally gained with the K6-2. Tenchusatsu