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To: Lynn who wrote (55178)	3/30/1999 10:44:00 AM
From: John Koligman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

Lynn, I don't think there are many drawbacks at the present time. Come fall, it may be a different story when Intel releases 'Geyserville'. The PII/PIII uses a 100mhz bus, but that is ONLY on desktop systems. PII laptop systems still use the slower 66mhz bus, which is supposedly going to change when the 'Geyserville' technology we talked about a couple weeks back arrives. If AMD chips died on a much higher percentage basis than Intel's, I don't believe you would have the majors using them. Also, while the PII uses MMX, AMD uses a technology called 3DNOW, kind of their version of MMX... I did see postings on the Intel thread stating that initial versions of AMD laptop chips ran at higher voltages than PII's, but I think that has been addressed with these new chips, but can't tell you off the top of my head if the AMD chips now run at the SAME voltage levels as PII mobile chips. By the way, I did see a Toshiba laptop the other day with a 14.1" active matrix screen and AMD processor for $1800 bucks - best price by far I have ever seen for a large screen notebook at retail. Toshiba is also using AMD in their notebook line. Let me know if you need more info or specifics. John

To: Lynn who wrote (55178)	4/2/1999 12:45:00 PM
From: CatLady	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

"Thread: What are the draw-backs (if any) of buying a PC or notebook that has AMD's K6-2 or INTC's Celeron instead of INTC's P II (or III)? " Lynn, I just happened to see this question wile looking through your profile (side track - after you posted on the Webnode thread, I see you have them all figured out) Anyway, there is a very real advantage for Intel chips in floating point calculations over the Cyrix and AMD chips of same Mhz ratings. I have one application that does extensive number crunching where I noticed a huge increase in speed after swapping out a Cyrix chip for an Intel PII. But relatively few apps make extensive use of floating point calculations.