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To: BGR who wrote (95449)	2/6/1999 9:18:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

Compaq concedes misleading product info on Web site -Well? Apratim: See how Compaq operates?<g> ===================================== By Ephraim Schwartz InfoWorld Electric Posted at 7:18 AM PT, Feb 5, 1999 Compaq this week acknowledged that information on its Web site was misleading by mistakenly implying that one of its consumer notebook PCs features the more expensive mobile version of AMD's K6-2 processor, when in actuality it sports the lower-cost desktop version of the chip. The Compaq Presario 1255 notebook uses AMD's 333-MHz K6-2 desktop processor, a spokesperson confirmed. However, the first paragraph of the Compaq Web site detailing the notebook system extols the virtues of the mobile version. "The AMD-K6-2 processor is the second generation of AMD's successful Mobile K6 processor product line. Designed with low-power 0.25[-micron] technology, the AMD-K6-2 brings advanced capabilities to notebook computing," the Web site reads. Alex Gruzen, director and general manager of the Presario Mobile Division at Compaq in Houston, agreed that the information was misleading, but said it was due to an oversight and was actually referring to a legacy product that used the mobile version of the K6. "It is a legacy. We are correcting it as we speak," said Alex Gruzen, who thanked InfoWorld for pointing it out............... Gruzen admitted that the desktop version of the chip has a shorter battery life, but Compaq is at odds with some industry experts who say that performance is also compromised because the chip speed must be constantly "throttled back" or slowed down below its rated 333 MHz to prevent over-heating the system......