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To: Sr K who wrote (51623)	3/31/1998 12:41:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

Intel Investors - Pentium II Notebook Benchmarks look Very Impressive Ziff Davis has already tested three 266 MHz Pentium II Notebook PCs and they are significantly faster than 266 MHz Pentium MMX notebook PCs (Tillamook). There were no 233 MHz Pentium II notebooks tested. A 233 MHz K6 notebook is included for reference - but it is at a severe speed disadvantage to the 266 MHz Pentium II's - and is significantly slower. The 233 MHz K6 is a little slower than a 233 MHz Dell notebook PC (except in CPUMARK 32 where the K6 is just slightly faster), also included for reference. Paul {====================} zdnet.com Gateway Wins Pentium II War In the notebook wars, the portables with Intel's new mobile Pentium II are the ones to beat. And among the first round of combatants to use the 266-MHz version of the chip, Gateway 2000's Solo 9100 LS has taken the hill and its opponent's flag. This laptop has every conceivable option, including a DVD-ROM drive and NTSC video-capture capability, as well as stunning benchmark performance. But top-of-the-line equipment comes at a high price: $4,399. We tested a beta unit under Windows 95. The Solo 9100 LS soars on our benchmark tests. The Solo's Business Winstone 98 score of 18.8 beats the 18.2 posted by Dell's Inspiron 3200 M266XT (see previous review), and the Solo's CPUmark32 score of 692 and FPU WinMark 98 score of 1,370 essentially equaled those of the Dell. However, the Solo's Business Graphics WinMark 98 score of 101 is what really sets the Solo 9100 LS apart from the competition. On this test, this notebook was 17% faster than the Inspiron and 35% faster than Transmonde's Vivante SE (see the next review). The Solo's Business Disk WinMark 98 score of 930 also beat the Inspiron's second-place mark of 910. Battery life measured 2 hours 87 minutes. Gateway has thoroughly loaded the Solo 9100. This laptop has 32MB of SDRAM and a 4GB hard disk. Trident's new 3D-capable Cyber9397 graphics accelerator with 4MB of SGRAM drives the large 14.1-inch TFT LCD panel. For improved DVD playback performance, the system includes a C-Cube Ziva-DS hardware DVD/MPEG2 decoder. Taking a cue from Digital, Gateway includes a combined 8X/20X DVD-ROM-and-floppy disk drive module that uses a single spindle. This lets you access both the DVD-ROM and the floppy disk drives simultaneously from the same bay. A 56K x2 modem with cellular phone jack rounds out this all-in-one system. Unfortunately, all this capability comes at the cost of increased weight. With its 12-cell lithium ion battery and charging unit, the Solo 9100 LS weighs in at a hefty 9.4 pounds. The Gateway 2000 Solo 9100 LS presents the best of the latest advances in notebooks. Its performance is superb and its feature list extensive. However, the Solo's price and weight are steep enough to make you think twice. --Michael J. Zulich Pentium II Bests Pentium, K6 Doesn't Intel's newest CPU for notebook computers, the 266-MHz mobile Pentium II processor, offers a huge performance boost over the 266-MHz mobile Pentium processor. Gateway's Solo 9100 LS, the fastest Pentium II laptop we tested, outperformed Digital's HiNote VP745, the fastest Pentium laptop we've ever seen, by 15% on Business Winstone 98 and 36% on CPUmark32. The AMD 233-MHz K6 mobile CPU at the heart of the WinBook XL K6 falls short of Pentium-based laptops. N/A--Not available; the beta we tested could not successfully complete this test. For your free copy of the ZDBOp benchmarks, go to www.zdbop.com. Longer bars indicate better performance. All tests were run under Windows 95 at a resolution of 1,024 by 768 with 16-bit color, except the K6, which ran at 800 by 600. A B O U T . . . GATEWAY 2000 SOLO 9100 LS PROS: Superior performance; full feature set. CONS: Pricey; heavy. Gateway 2000's Solo 9100 LS is a speed demon of a Pentium II notebook with an impressive array of features. COMPANY: Gateway 2000, North Sioux City, SD PRICE: $4,399 OS SUPPORT: Win 95 URL: www.gw2k.com PHONE: 800-846-2000; 605-232-2000 PRODUCT INFO: www.winsources.com/infolink; reader service card 017 FOR RELATED ARTICLES: www.notebookuser.com