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To: Joey Smith who wrote (60548)	6/4/1999 11:42:00 AM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572373

Re: "I have heard from multiple sources that Celeron is kicking K6-2's butt and that AMD has LOTS of unsold K6-2s. " Paul posted here a couple of weeks ago about rumors of a huge inventory of unsold K6-2s building up in Asia. Consistent with this rumor but still at this point, just rumors. EP

To: Joey Smith who wrote (60548)	6/4/1999 11:56:00 AM
From: Marco Polo	Respond to of 1572373

Message 9957663 By the way thread, maybe it's because I'm not a diehard AMD fan at heart, but to me the K6-III seems like a silly idea. I think consumers care about one thing, MHz, and they should have stuck to the K6-2 (not really a very good chip, but cheap to make at a given megahertz vs. even the Celeron). With the K7's introduction, I sincerely hope that they produce it in the most inexpensive way possible, in fact that 1/3 speed cache doesn't sound bad to me at all. Consumers want the most MegaHertz for their $$, and if the K7 is priced below the PIII at the same clock speed, it should do very well. If it is priced above the PIII, it will take effective marketing by AMD or vendors like Compaq to get the word out. By the way, I emailed a couple of companies to see if they have any plans for the K7. We already know about Compaq, but what about other giants in the industry such as Dell, Gateway, and IBM? Dell has no plans to ever use anything but Intel chips. Gateway has no date planned but "stay tuned." IBM also has no date but "will likely incorporate the K7" in future Aptivas.