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To: Bahama who wrote (605)3/1/1999 9:09:00 PM
From: John Carragher  Respond to of 54805
 
indifferent We are only kidding ourselves if we think there is privacy. imo.. John



To: Bahama who wrote (605)3/1/1999 9:24:00 PM
From: Uncle Frank  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 54805
 
Bahama, my position on the PIII is

a)absolutely not buy it

It's bad enough having to accept cookies. I refuse to wear a location transponder. And even though Intel claims it can be easily disabled, they control the switch. imho, intc really screwed up; but who am I to criticize a Gorilla?

I helped a neighbor pick out and set up a new system this weekend. I chose the HP 4440 (AMD-K6™-2/333) and a Pro (.26dpi) 17" monitor at Circuit City. Total cost? $990. Intel should re-evaluate the Celeron, which is slow, and the PIII id concepts.

Frank



To: Bahama who wrote (605)3/2/1999 11:35:00 AM
From: PMS Witch  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 54805
 
Intel ID stuff:

Could anyone provide some details about this such as: can it be disabled in hardware and/or software; what are the up and down sides of this 'feature'; and what was the motivation for providing this 'enhancement' in the first place? Just wondering: who wins; who loses. I'd need to look at this matter further before making my mind up. Thanks, PW.