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To: HairBall who wrote (7683)	5/30/1999 11:56:00 AM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (1) of 14778

When the PIII first came out there was press about a built in ID. Does anyone know if this privacy issue has been resolved. I am vaguely familiar with the issue. The CPU has a built in serial number. Intel, if my memory serves me correctly, enabled a software fix. I believe they enabled the bios to toggle the visibility of the serial number on and off...and I think they set the default to off. I have not noticed significant performance increases with the new CPUs. You would think my dual XEON 450s would blow the socks off my slower PIIs..it does not..at least for run of the mill stuff. I notice a difference when multitasking. For example you can format a harddrive and keep on truck'n with other apps. Even the $2000 video card does nothing to speed up standard 2D graphics (95 percent of my needs). Zeuspaul

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