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To: niceguy767 who wrote (43444)	6/8/2001 3:29:47 PM
From: TechieGuy-alt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Come on NG. Probably the implications of the report that the Athlon 4 performs 50% better on battery than the equivalent clockspeed competitor is starting to seep into the "big boys" psyche!!! HUGE, HUGE positive financial implications for AMD , if so...not too mention, it strengthens immeasurably the prospects of a DELL deal!!! Are you saying that this am they had not realised this, but they had some sandwich at lunch and said Eureka! ;) TG

To: niceguy767 who wrote (43444)	6/9/2001 3:29:56 AM
From: Petz	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 275872

ng, I'm becoming more and more upset about Intel's 1 GHz notebooks being sold as 1 GHz when they have a useless battery life at 1 GHz. I've seen reviews of these things where no mention was made of there even being a possibility of running them at 1 GHz on batteries. I think truth in advertising demands that, if MHz or GHz is advertised on a notebook computer 1. It must be at least capable of running at that speed on batteries, and must give at least 2 hours battery life at any speed stated in the advertisement. If the notebook requires two batteries to give 2 hour battery life at rated speed, "* requires extra-cost battery" must be stated, unless the second battery is included in the price. 2. If the speed is automatically adjusted down from the "rated" speed, the range of MHz and the average performance reduction from running at full rated speed must be disclosed. Currently this only applies to AMD notebooks. There is absolutely no mention of the 700 MHz speed of Intel OEM's "1 GHz" notebooks, and the salesmen are not even aware of it. Petz