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To: Charles R who wrote (59308)	5/22/1999 8:00:00 PM
From: Scumbria	Respond to of 1572946

Chuck, Pentium III didn't crack the top 20 list of retail sales in April. Intel processors still managed to crack the list though, with Celeron's powering five of the top 20 and a Pentium II feeding one PC ... AMD's K6-2 proved to be the most popular processor overall, with K6-2 powered computers taking 10 out of the top 20 spots, including the number one position with Compaq's 5070 Presario. I love it. I wish I had bought some Intel puts on Friday! Scumbria

To: Charles R who wrote (59308)	5/23/1999 1:24:00 AM
From: Petz	Respond to of 1572946

Charles, thanks for that summary of the top 20 retail PC's. The Pentium III's won't become popular until the vendors start selling non-loaded machines. This won't happen until the supply of Pentium II chips disappears. Intel is in the interesting postion now that the Pentium III chip, which is cheaper to produce than the Pentium II (almost as cheap as the Celeron) is being sold only in expensive $2K+ machines, while the expensive-to-produce Pentium II, with a larger die size is selling in cheaper boxes. The chip with the largest die size of all, the Celeron is selling in the cheapest computers. Petz

To: Charles R who wrote (59308)	5/23/1999 2:28:00 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572946

<Pentium III-Based PCs Not A Huge Seller At Retail> Funny how AMD supporters always bring up the gains in the retail market, when it's the very thin-margin market that AMD must exit if they want to make money with limited capacity. Tenchusatsu