"In the "real world", CJ, K8 became wildly popular because it had a *performance* advantage over Pentium 4"
At retail, it was because it got SKUs and shelf space. Despite years of kicking P4s around the block, sales didn't really go any where until those two things happened. Which, oddly enough, didn't happen until after the lawsuit was filed. Which is a real world phenomena. Now true, AMD did do well with the white box and the mom and pops. But NGA isn't going to them for a while and so they have to chose between P4 and K8. Tough choice, but someone has to do it.
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