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To: Joseph S. Lione who wrote (48810)	2/6/1999 10:21:00 AM
From: Gary Ng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571927

Beware of what you have in a K6-2 Notebook infoworld.com Some highlight : The Compaq Presario 1255 notebook uses AMD's 333-MHz K6-2 desktop processor, a spokesperson confirmed AMD's Booth said using the desktop version is not ideal, although many companies other than Compaq -- mainly third-tier vendors -- do it. "We recommend that people use the mobile part. People can go out and buy any part they want. We can't prevent them. There is not a lot we can do," Booth said. "We've seen a lot of [third-tier] OEMs use desktop designs. It saves them a little bit of money. It is cheaper than the mobile part. The downside is you have to have a better thermal design to dissipate the heat or it will heat up the overall system, which will trigger the fan, and then you trigger clock throttling," Booth said. ========================================== Now I know why there is so many K6-2 notebook. They should be called 'moveable computer'. Gary