Re: TI-H: OT: The Ad I saw
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Re: TI-H: OT: The Ad I saw
The AMD K7 or Athalon as it is now know has been out since the end of june,
in the 500, 550, and 600Mhz versions. The only trick is finding a
motherboard for it, I haven't seen any on the market yet.
----- Original Message -----
From: J D <starkruzr@hotmail.com>
To: <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 1999 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: TI-H: OT: The Ad I saw
>
>It ain't THAT close. Close-ish, perhaps. Well. Hm. Where can I see the
>results of that test? :) See, I'm in the market for a laptop, and there
>are already Celeron/466 chips available for them, so that might be a good
>idea. Would a Celeron/466 system perform better than my PII/400 desktop
>system, you think? Accounting for the 100MHz bus (or lack thereof), and
>all?
>I can spend about $2000 on this thing. What do you guys suggest as far as
>processor, mem, gfx, etc? Where should I look? I'm sort of afraid to buy
>from Pricewatch because I've had bad experiences with PW companies in the
>past. Should I get a personally configured Presario from Compaq? I know I
>want to go with AMD because you get so much more for your $$$. But.
Inform
>me!
>I agree with you, though, that the PII and PIII are overpriced for what you
>get. I can't WAIT for the K7, baby :)
>
>----Original Message Follows----
>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.
>
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