Re: Intel Price Drop?

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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 00:00

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In article <33661F8A.8E8D5A82@prism.gatech.edu>, gt5879c@prism.gatech.edu wrote:

> Does anyboy kow if it is true that Intel has dropped prices of pentium
> CPU's by 48%?  I read this in the paper.  It was supposed to have
> happened Monday (28th).  I haven't seen any evidence at any online
> computer stores yet.  If anybody knows for sure, please let me know.
> -Chris Eaker

Its true.  They are pushing their Pentium chips with MMX. Don't believe the
hype, however, they are only a few percent faster than the standard Pentium
and only faster on certain tasks.  See
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/main3.html

-Dean

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