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From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
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Subject: Re: What computer to buy ?
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On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, Tony Kimball wrote:

> 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

  Large premium?  Over what?  The only equiv processor is the PPro, and
PII is cheaper than a PPro with the same sized L2 cache.

> 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.

  The PII 266 is faster than anything that will go into a socket 7.
Socket 7 is dead.  It days were numbered when socket 8 came out.

Tom