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Pastimes : Dream Machine ( Build your own PC ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Howard R. Hansen who wrote (9790)	12/27/1999 9:34:00 PM
From: Bijan Khazri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Howard, Thanks for the suggestion. The VA6 is already shipping, and strangely enough costs less than the BE6!!!!!!! I think it may have something to do with the Apollo chip versus the Intel chip. From what I read around the net, it seems that the Apollo chips are generally slower than the Intel chips, however in this case there is no comparable Intel chipset. So this indeed puts me square into a 133 FSB field, without the Rambus Raucus. I guess the CPU of choice then becomes the 600B.

To: Howard R. Hansen who wrote (9790)	12/27/1999 11:01:00 PM
From: Zeddie88	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

Looking to purchase a new laptop for trading when, and if, my husband ever takes me and the kids on vacation! Am currently considering the following two and would value your opinion: Laptop #1: Sony VAIO PCG-F340 with: PII 366, 13" screen, 6.4Gb HD, 64Mb RAM, integrated 56K V.90 modem, 2.5Mb video RAM and an i.LINK interface. Price = $1599 Laptop #2: Acer TravelMate 340T with: PIII 450, 12" screen, 6Gb HD, 64Mb RAM, integrated 56K V.90 modem and 10/100 Ethernet connection, 2.5Mb video RAM Price = $1999 I'm wondering if it's worth the extra $400 to get the extra processor power since I already have an extra Xircom PCMCIA ethernet card for the SONY? I'm also wondering about the reliability of the two machines. Any thoughts or do you have any other recommendations in this price range? Thanks in advance. Regards, Sue :)