Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 12:47:01 -0500 (CDT) From: Tony Kimball <alk@pobox.com> To: conrads@neosoft.com Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What computer to buy ? Message-ID: <199708211747.MAA06419@compound.east.sun.com> References: <199708211559.KAA06052@compound.east.sun.com> <XFMail.970821121653.conrads@neosoft.com>
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Quoth Conrad Sabatier on Thu, 21 August: : : 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. It's just that the P2 form factor is unique to the P2. As I understand it, there will be Slot 2 modules within a year. I don't know that any other manufacturer will be producing Slot 1 modules. So, if you get a P2, you have to discard your motherboard when you upgrade. Since the P2 is selling at such a large premium, this may not be terribly large proportion of the cost, actually. My personal habit is to buy the most *cost-effective* hardware. Thus I strongly prefer Socket 7 processors which have a future upgrade path, commodity motherboards, etc.
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