On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Dana S. Tellier wrote:
> ... it might be just a way to make people feel that they're
> getting official dual processors, akin to Intel's Xeons ...
In all fairness, Intel has always marketed the regular Pentium II and
Pentium III processors as SMP-capable, and even made chipsets and
motherboards for them. The Xeons get you the right to use more than two
processors, and more L2 cache. And, of course, a throughly incompatible
connector...
> (speaking of, anybody seen any of those 900MHz ones floating around?
> Oh wait, they got recalled...).
In the old-jokes-still-good department:
Q: What do you call that "Intel Inside" sticker?
A: A warning label.
> I'll let you know if he meets with any resistance.
I, and doubtless others, wait with eager anticipation.
(Hey, this would make a great LUG presentation! Maybe I can convince my
boss an SMP Athlon board is a business expense... ;-)
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Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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