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To: Scumbria who wrote (64186)	9/9/1998 6:00:00 PM
From: Joey Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

All: Looks like mobile PII-300 will be a big seller. joey Intel Launches 300-MHz Pentium II For Laptops (09/09/98; 3:28 p.m. ET) By Andy Patrizio, TechWeb Intel introduced Wednesday the 300-MHz version of its mobile Pentium II processor for high-performance computing and software-only DVD playback. The mobile Pentium II 300 comes in two forms, a CPU mounted on the motherboard and a mobile module. Laptop vendors that use the mobile module design can easily remove older 233-MHz and 266-MHz Pentium IIs, and even Tillamook Pentium 233-MHz and 266-MHz chips, without having to redesign the computer. The mobile module is a drop-in part, said Charlie Carey, product launch manager for mobile processors at Intel. With its 1.6-volt power consumption, the 300-MHz chip consumes less power than any other Pentium or Pentium II chip, which translates into longer battery life. Although a Pentium II 300 may seem like more power than is necessary for a laptop user, high-powered applications like Outlook and Office, as well as the increasingly popular Windows NT Workstation, are creating a need. "Anyone who wants to run NT and Outlook and still be productive really needs Pentium II performance," Carey said. Nathan Brookwood, an analyst at Dataquest in San Jose, Calif., agreed. "Even at 300 MHz, it's about as fast as an entry-level desktop these days," he said. The 300-MHz chip runs DVD without an MPEG-2 decoder board, something slower Pentium II systems wouldn't be able to do. They'd require a decoder board to handle the high compression of DVD video, but with the 300-MHz system, laptops can play back a DVD movie on the screen. DVD video could be useful for more than playing movies, said Brookwood. "A lot of mobile devices are used in sales-force automation," he said. "With a DVD-type device, you could actually have some pretty good video in a presentation." Compaq is one of the first vendors to come out with a 300-MHz Pentium II laptop and DVD-ROM drive. The Presario 1810 comes with the new chip and DVD drive, plus 64 megabytes of memory, a 6.4-gigabyte hard drive, and a modem. The retail price is $3,599. Hewlett-Packard announced three 300-MHz laptops on Wednesday, the HP OmniBook 7150, 7100, and 2100. The high-end 7150 notebook uses the Accelerated Graphics Port technology for fast graphics, and comes with a 14.1-inch XGA screen, 8.1 GBs of storage, 64 MBs of memory, and either a DVD-ROM or CD-ROM drive. It sells for $4,999.

To: Scumbria who wrote (64186)	9/9/1998 6:32:00 PM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Scumbria, >>>"All of our hardware development is done on Sparc/Solaris. NT is a grossly inadequate operating system for any application which requires reliability, security, tool flow, or a host of other engineering requirements." From my perspective, I see Sparc/Solaris workstations being "retired" by the hundreds in favor of NT workstations. The overwhelming reason is cost, of course. Speaking of hardware development, most CAE/CAD design tools are operable now on NT as well as UNIX. Several mechanical engineers dumped Suns in favor of Pentium Pros to run Autocad 14 over two years ago. Never looked back. Cadence and Synopsys are both cool with either UNIX or NT. Your statement NT is a grossly inadequate operating system for any application which... would fit well over on the SUNW thread, way out of place and wrong, as well, here. Have you seriously tried NT for design applications? Don't knock it unless you have. Tony