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  From: David Newall <davidn@rebel.net.au>
  To  : Daryl Tester <dt@picknowl.com.au>
  Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 17:14:51 +0930 (CST)

Re: More space required

>> Look at the ridiculous design of the Pentium II, a circuit board
>> smothered in plastic with a bloody great fan. And, idiots that we are,
>> we pay premiums for
>
> I think it's called marketing winning out over technology.

Intel heralded the 8086 with a campaign which trumpeted the advantages of
segmented architecture.  It was widely regarded as a triumph of marketing
over fact.

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