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Date:	Sat, 11 Aug 2001 01:16:08 PDT
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Intel, AMD and SMP

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In <3B7211EC.777657C6@gte.net>, on 08/08/01
at 09:30 PM, Benedict G Archer said:

>1. What are the considerations, aside from cost, for Intel vs AMD, and
>are any OS/2 specific?

There are none that I know of. Intel seems to have fallen behind in the
CPU race. Only time will tell if they can recover.

>2. What are the considerations (pros/cons) for slot vs. socket cpu's?

Everything I read tends to prefer socket. Are there still slot MB's? I
haven't been shopping lately.

Steven

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