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Re: AMD linux Laptop

#1490
From: JJ
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 00:00
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there is a program called waterfall that should cool your system down. That
is in windows...there oughtta be something similar for linux or it might be
ported.
"Draco Ravenloft" <draco81@swbell.net> wrote in message
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> no.. you have that backward when referring to the Athlons. And P3s are
buggy
> POSs.... I know people who have P3 500+s, they run worse, and slower than
my
> roomate's P2 400.  And they crash all the bloody time.
>
> P3 sucks, and I have run my own tests on P2 vs AMD and found AMD to win
out
> virtually everytime except under 1 screen saver and 2 programs that were
> specifically written for Intels.
>
> Sean wrote:
>
> > actully the P3 has a better artecture then the AMDs, the amds cache only
> > runs (at best) half of the actual CPUs clocking speed, the p2/3 runs
full
> > speed. I have a dell celron that runs nice and cool.
> > Sean
> >
> > "Draco Ravenloft" <draco81@swbell.net> wrote in message
> > news:394E8848.3CC6E00E@swbell.net...
> > > I've been shopping around for Laptops that come with either Linux
> > > preinstalled or no OS at all....  So far I found a few resonable ones
> > > that have linux in them, but they run either a celery or a PII/III.
> > > PIIIs suck altogether, and with the exception of Sony VAIOs Pentiums +
> > > Laptop tends to = over heat problem.  I know a few companies make AMD
> > > laptops..... but I can't seem to find them.
> > >
> > > Anyone know if the lower resource drag from Linux.... might make the
> > > pentiums heat up less... or if anyone makes a laptop with a pentium in
> > > it besides Sony that keep really kewl... but also make them with linux
> > > (Dell makes linux based notebooks......  they get too hot?).   I've
been
> > > shopping at linuxmall.com and stuff and can't seem to find much.
> > >
>
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From: "JJ" <webmaster@ehrmanmurphy.com>
Subject: Re: AMD linux Laptop
Date: 2000/07/07
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