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To: John Koligman who wrote (60532)	7/17/1998 2:58:00 AM
From: stak	Respond to of 186894

>>>I certainly agree that this PC is no boat anchor, but as far as 'Chrome' is concerned I believe that Microsoft stated the 'minimum' configuration needed to run it would begin with the 350mhz chip along with the 100mhz bus. <<< from post 57820 >>> Microsoft recommends heavy-duty systems to run Chrome -- those with 300-MHz or above Pentium II processors, a 100-MHz bus, 4MB of video memory, 64MB of RAM, and DVD capability. "The initial PCs that will run the Chrome feature of Windows 98 are going to be 350-MHz Pentium boxes," said Brad Chase, vice president of Windows Marketing and Developer Relations, at the PC Futures '98 show in St. Louis this week. "You're not going to be able to have this on a standard Pentium today." >>>As for thanking Intel, I don't know about that, it's clear to me that you really have to thank the competition for these lower prices. I doubt there would be a 'Celeron' or 'Mendocino' if the major manufacturers were not buying low end chips from AMD....<<< Amen