Re: TI-H: OT: The Ad I saw

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Subject: Re: TI-H: OT: The Ad I saw
From: "Bryan Wyatt" <plat2010@prodigy.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 10:37:34 -0500
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If you have seen tests you will see that the Celeron is a pretty close match
to a PII. Pretty good for what is suppose to be a disabled PII. The PII is
overpriced and as said in an earlier post, being phased out. In my opinion
PIIs and PIIIs are garbage, I would not waste my money on those chips.

----- Original Message -----
From: J D <starkruzr@hotmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: TI-H: OT: The Ad I saw

>
>Ok, I don't think I'm going out on a limb here when I say you're dead
wrong.
>First of all, the Celeron uses a 66MHz bus, whereas the PII uses a 100MHz
>bus.  Secondly, the NEW PII - the one with the 256K cache - runs at full
>clock.  The older one had 512K but it ran at half clock. I think the heat
>issue is negligible with a decent fan.
>