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Date:      Thu, 21 Aug 1997 12:16:53 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Conrad Sabatier <conrads@neosoft.com>
To:        Anthony.Kimball@East.Sun.COM
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: What computer to buy ?
Message-ID:  <XFMail.970821121653.conrads@neosoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <199708211559.KAA06052@compound.east.sun.com>

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On 21-Aug-97 Tony Kimball wrote:
>
>Pentium II is just about the opposite of futureproof -- it is planned
>obsolescence:  Slot 1 has a very short lifetime plan.

Could you possibly elaborate on this a bit?  A friend of mine is
considering purchasing a Pentium II (266 MHz) system, and I'd like to know
if I should warn him off of it.

Thanks.

--
Conrad Sabatier                   |  FreeBSD -- UNIX for your PC
                                  |  Why settle for less than the best?
http://www.neosoft.com/~conrads/  |  http://www.freebsd.org



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