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To: Petz who wrote (27432)	2/5/2001 4:06:58 AM
From: Pravin Kamdar	Respond to of 275872

"The AMD [chipset KT1338A] product was the one with the highest demand," said Manuela Mercandelli, spokeswoman for VIA." taipeitimes.com Pravin.

To: Petz who wrote (27432)	2/5/2001 5:45:27 AM
From: fyodor_	Respond to of 275872

Petz: Paul, why does the press release claim 3 hour battery life, but the specifications claim 2 hours? Will this unit actually run at 1 GHz off batteries? If not, I'm afraid Califronia attorney general will have to receieve a complaint about false advertising by Intel Corp., since neither the press release nor the specifications mention any speed other than "1 GHz." Intel has nothing to do with this notebook - other than supplying the CPU. If there are any inaccuracies, blame Microexpress. If the thing melts, blame Microexpress. Intel never forced anyone (or even suggested) that they make notebooks with desktop chips. The chip in the 1GHz Microexpress notebook IS a desktop chip. The others say "Mobile...", the 1GHz doesn't. And as Paul astutely observed, the 1GHz notebook uses a VIA chipset and it is extremely unlikely that anything other than Intel chipsets support Speedstep. The other notebooks (same line) do have Intel chipsets. A couple of years ago, I was looking to buy a notebook. There were plenty of desktop K6-2 chips being used in notebooks from various OEMs - typically smaller fish like Microexpress. Using a desktop chip in a notebook was a bad idea then and it's a bad idea now. -fyo