It's getting very close to Duron/Thunderbird time, and AMD is going to get a nice boost to the Athlon's ego as the performance throne will once again shift over into AMD's arena. Between the Athlon (Thunderbird), Athlon (K75) and Duron, it is going to be very difficult to recommend the Pentium III and/or Celeron over the next few months. Intel's only hope between now and the release of the Willamette is that the Pentium III and Celeron parts are priced lower than their TBird/Duron counterparts or that the Thunderbird has motherboard/platform issues; the latter doesn't seem likely since the design is relatively similar to the current Athlon design with a few exceptions regarding timings.