Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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Sgolds, Re: "I know some of you analysts have Centrino notebooks. Welcome to the wireless era! If you like the freedom of wireless networking, I invite you to take a look at Athlon laptops, which run their WiFi network five times faster than Centrino and have been available since last summer. We find this is very popular with out customers and we are selling quite well in the desktop replacement catagory. Fast 802.11g networking at a competitive price is one reason why."

That's when the analysts say:

"Is the 5x faster wireless connection the only advantage over our current systems? Are these Athlons thinner or lighter than our current Centrino laptops? Do they have longer battery life? Is there a noticeable performance improvement? None of these? Ok, then what do you have to offer when Intel transitions to 802.11g in a few months? Same thing? So you want us to switch over to a new laptop that has no perceived performance advantage, has less battery life, and is thicker and heavier than our current Centrinos, and the story you're selling is 5x faster wireless, which is only going to be a temporary advantage? Sorry, we're not interested."