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At 04:19 PM 8/07/02 -0500, you wrote:
>(OT reply redirected from the LUG to L-OT)
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>From: "Williams, Lawrence K" <lkwilliams@...> 
>Date: Mon Jul 8, 2002 0:23pm 
>Subject: RE: [LUG] [OT] Microsoft enters PC hardware market  
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>Relax:
>This is no biggie; it is just another example of why many users choose win
>pc's.  Microsoft is again catering to every level of the consumer.  If true,
>this will enable people who do not have money to get an affordable package
>that will all them to own pc's that are not second hand.  Now, the only
>thing that intel can get mad about is the fact, it may make their line of
>"Celeron Powered chips" obsolete.  But, how much more development can be
>added to the Celeron chip without it becoming a Pentium III?

The folks at Intel are ahead of you -- Celerons are now P4s with half the
L2 cache (1.7GHz is the latest I seem to recall). 

>I think this a smart move on Microsoft's end.

If they want to expand the market -- just like mobile phone vendors they
will have to push down the entry level price -- it is obvious especially in
a time where the PC market is just not growing.

Regards,
M