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


>A) I have never, ever heard of a Sun laptop, and

I suppose you are the kind of people who only look at MHz numbers.  :)

Hear things more often, they're often good.

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>B) There is NO way I'm going to throw away over $2000 for a machine with a
>300MHz processor.  Uh-uh, no way.

You get what you pay for.  :)

>And that ability to clock down the proc has only recently come to laptops,
>so that's not true.  And it CERTAINLY doesn't happen on the fly!

Its been there in the -good- processors for a while.  It does happen on the
fly.  The onboard temp sensor has trip points for when it shuts off totally
and when to clock down.

There is linux source code (in the tree?) that interfaces to it.

Grant

>----Original Message Follows----
>The hotter they get, the slower they get.  They're fast when you boot them,
>but an hour later the heat sensors clock the CPU down.
>
>Something that doesn't happen with SUN and PPC laptops.
>
>
> >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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