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To: SteveC who wrote (98229)	3/13/2000 1:38:00 AM
From: Mani1	Respond to of 1572704

Steve Re <<Do you [Scumbria] have any idea whether the PIII 1GHz's thermal design is actually going to work under heavy use for an extended time?>> Even considering all the BS Intel has pulled recently, I would be surprised if the chip was not fairly stable under heavy use and thermal equilibrium conditions. Mani

To: SteveC who wrote (98229)	3/13/2000 1:39:00 AM
From: Scumbria	Respond to of 1572704

Steve, Do you have any idea whether the PIII 1GHz's thermal design is actually going to work under heavy use for an extended time? Is Intel selling a chip that they know will barely last beyond the warranty simply to save face in the popular media (while, of course, trashing AMD's 1 GHz Athlon)? I suspect that the temperature specification is based around the same reliability as Intel always uses. As to whether the actual cooling mechanism is adequate, I really can't speculate. There are so few of them being sold, Intel's exposure is probably minimal regardless of the actual failure rate. Scumbria