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To: Paul Engel who wrote (32264)	3/19/2001 9:24:12 PM
From: fyodor_	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

Paul: Your comment "One thing I am somewhat worried (perhaps _entirely_ groundlessly!) about is some degree "jerkyness" when the CPU switches frequency (this goes for both SpeedStep and PowerNow!)." is dead nuts ON ! That really bites. No way I would buy a notebook with PowerNow! (well, I might, but I would likely disable the feature, so I wouldn't consider it as much of a bonus when comparing with other offerings). I believe AMD stated that the Palomino's would have an enhanced version of PowerNow!. However, I haven't heard anything about this for a really long time (as I mentioned in an earlier post), so I wouldn't bet on it. This could be one explanation for the delay AMD is experiencing with Palomino. /shrug One note, though... I'm slightly weary trusting a report from July last year (which is the date on the Sharky article you quote) on this subject. It could be that this issue has long since been fixed. But, I wouldn't bet on this either. -fyo