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To: Elmer who wrote (46812)	1/21/1999 12:07:00 AM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572644

Elmer - RE: "Just to test out your theory, I opened my 450mhz Celeron system here and replaced the Celeron with a piece of paper with "K7" written on it. No matter how I changed the jumpers and switches, it refused to boot. I am beginning to suspect it is not the motherboard... In conclusion, I am not able to confirm those claims of superior paper performance." Must be a mask problem... Go to a costume store and rent a gorilla outfit. Put on the costume and try again. Make sure you add weight to the costume such that you look like you weigh 800lbs. When the costume is set, you will become oblivious to your surroundings as the gorilla will try to control you and make you do what it wants you to do. Be aware. The gorilla is ruthless. The gorilla will take the case off the computer and stand in front of the bare computer, making sure the K7 on paper can see it. Once the K7 realizes that the gorilla looks like an idiot, that the gorilla won't have a comparable processor after the its (the K7's) release, and that the gorilla sells $70 processors that have the ability to run as fast a $450 processor, the gorilla will begin to notice the K7 start to take shape inside the slot. First, it will transform slowly, but once it reaches the state of a cartridge the computer will automatically boot up. At the initial boot up, the K7 will take over your computer and say thanks for the great laugh. Then, the gorilla will run Quake 2, or a CAD program, heck, any program it has. Once the gorilla notices how fast the computer processes anything, the gorilla will become scared and leave. The gorilla will then return to the costume shop and there you will take off the costume. When you return the K7 will once again resume a piece of paper. You will take the piece of paper out and replace it with your Celeron 450 and boot up. Each time you start or run an application you will think the processor is as slow as a slug. You will try to recall something, but won't be able to. This will not occur again until June 23.

To: Elmer who wrote (46812)	1/21/1999 12:10:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572644

Elmer - Intel Had the TOP SELLING Retail PC in December, 1998. Intel-based PCs accounted for FOUR (4) of the top 10 best selling PCs ! crw.com Compaq's 350 MHz Pentium II placed FIRST with 8% of the December retail sales as reported by PC Data. A Compaq with a 350 MHz K6-2 came in second with 7.1% Intel- based PCs had 4 of the TOP TEN HIGHEST SELLING PCS. AMD-based PCs had ONLY 2 of the TOP TEN HIGHEST SELLING PCS. Cyrix/NSM PCs had ONLY 3 of the TOP TEN HIGHEST SELLING PCS. Apple iMAC had ONLY 1 of the TOP TEN HIGHEST SELLING PCS. Paul

To: Elmer who wrote (46812)	1/21/1999 9:18:00 AM
From: Jadrew	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572644

A 450 Celeron ? Elmer, Paul, anybody can you please help ? What's a 450 Celeron ? I bought this darn chip before Christmas for $80. Didn't want to spend $500 for a PII 450 (gee, can buy a whole computer system for that price these days). So a put it in this ABIT BH6 board or something, go through some soft menu setup stuff (didn't know what I was doing), and now the stupid board thinks the chip is a 450 PII. Just like Elmers. Since I'm not as far through the A+ Certification Book as Paul appears to be, can you please help me fix this thing ? Nice margin.....