Re: The slot A Athlon only had the KX133 and AMD750 platforms available to it - thus the 500MHz Athlon classic would have required one of these options. The Thunderbird was socket A
The AMD750 chipset supported thunderbird in all boards, while most (not all) Slot A boards with VIA's chipset did not.
(from pricewatch - notice there are now very few non-Thunderbird offerings for Slot A. Leads one to suspect Slot A supported Thunderbird, eh? Similarly, most Socket A boards support Palomino, even ones introduced long before Palomino. And information on which would and which wouldn't was available prior to Palomino's release - I bought 2 SiS based boards, instead of VIA, for 2 home machines a year ago, partly because they were expected to, and did, support the next generation Palomino)
$69 - Athlon 900 tbird Slot A
$54 - Athlon 850 tbird Slot A
$56 - Athlon 800 tbird Slot A
$47 - Athlon 750 tbird Slot A
$34 - Athlon 700 tbird Slot A
Intel changes Slots/Sockets a lot more often than AMD does, but it doesn't really matter much. Intel can't make up its mind, and AMD can't afford to redesign its socket every 4 months, whether it would like to or not - so what?
It just doesn't really matter much, but does help explain PC expert's (defined as those who build and therefore may upgrade their own machines) fondness for AMD.
But in terms of total sales, those are very small numbers. I wouldn't bother to post this, except you are so clearly wrong, and it seemed reasonable to correct your error. |
