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To: semiconeng who wrote (130340)	3/19/2001 9:50:53 AM
From: semiconeng	Read Replies (1) of 186894

My guess, is they're using a cheaper "Desktop" Chip. ---Looks Like I Was Right: "As for why other companies have 1 GHz chips in their notebooks (like pro-star), here's why: They have been putting desktop CPUs into these notebooks. Its called desktop arbitrage. These retailers like Gericom and ProStar target people that really want their notebooks for portability --- i.e. having computing performance in multiple places that have access to a power supply. Thus, having higher energy thermals is no big deal b/c they don't care about battery life and thus sticking a desktop CPU in a notebook works for them. zdnet.com Semi

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