In een 'vlaag van verstandsverbijstering' heeft Intel besloten om de Celeron in haar meest recente Roadmap tegenover de Athlon te positioneren. Blijkbaar probeert men de indruk op te houden dat de Pentium III een klasse apart is. The Register denkt dat Intel het spoor bijster is:
But an unbelieveable series of self-inflicted cock-ups has so effectively screwed Intel's plans that it is now clear that the company simply doesn't have a clue about what to do next.Athlon goes from strength to strength and, coupled with continuing shortages of Coppermine Pentium IIIs, more and more OEMs are moving to the AMD platform for their high-end desktop systems. The latest price cuts on the Athlon make PIII look singularly unattractive.
Intel's reaction? To position little Celeron against Athlon. How stupid does Intel think its customers and users are?