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To: xun who wrote (44256)	6/14/2001 12:33:33 AM
From: Ali Chen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Panic, bigger battery capacity gives you better estimation of relative power consumption. That's why I picked the bigger option. Again, the capacity numbers given by Sony do not vary with various processor's speed grades, so I would not trust the absolute numbers too much. On the other hand, AMD web site is dead quiet about technical specs on Mobile Duron, quite suspicious. The only truth I found from their "technological demo" crap is that "PowerNow" savings are about 30%, not much. amd.com Take care, - Ali

To: xun who wrote (44256)	6/14/2001 5:39:26 PM
From: jjayxxxx	Respond to of 275872

Panic, I just stopped by Best Buy and took a look at a Vaio Duron 800. I also picked up the spec sheet. From what I can tell it does NOT have PowerNow! support. First, if it did, I would think they would be proudly touting this fact (which I think someone previously suggested), but it is mentioned nowhere, noplace, nohow. And second, I own a Vaio PIII 600 which has Intel's SpeedStep, so I know where to find the power management features on a Vaio, and the Duron machine simply did not have adjustable PowerNow features. So it looks like Sony is 'segmenting' the Duron to the basement, which really sucks. FWIW, JJ