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Subject: Re: (Slightly off-topic) AMD to begin shipmet of 1 GHZ Athlons tomorrow.

Author: Tom Kerrigan

Date: 19:13:08 03/06/00

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On March 06, 2000 at 20:39:18, Keith Ian Price wrote:

>The more the merrier. The 800 Mhz processor will get considerably cheaper now,
>and maybe I won't have to settle for a 650. Much as I'd like to have a 1GHz with
>the someday-to-be-released 8 MB of on-chip cache, my wallet will be happier with
>a slightly slower chess program.

Yeah, I think being on the bleeding edge of technology is a little silly, when
you can go to Wal Mart a month later and pick up the same computer for $499.

:)

-Tom



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