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Article #3695Re: K62 on Windows 98
From: just mikee.
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 00:00
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 00:00
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Yeah, me too. I can slap on a 9 dollar fan myself and pocket the extra
$$!
mikee.
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Justin Kallas wrote:
>
> The sales guy who told you that the K6-2 doesnt like win98 was full of shi*.
> As I write this, I am on a K6-2 366. I have not used an Intel chip since my
> 166 2.5 years ago and I have never looked back. I love my AMD chip and
> unless AMD goes under i will never use an Intel chip again. they just
> plain and simple are not worth the extra money.
>
> Tujunga wrote in message <77j9ts$brk$1@news.megsinet.net>...
> >I am rather a newbie, but I chose a AMD K6 CPU for my custom built PC
> >because I have heard so much good about it. I even think I heard that AMD
> >may soon outpace PII, but I don't know if this is just talk or not. I have
> >an AMD K6-2 333, on an Asus P5A motherboard, 64 megs PC-100 RAM, ATX case,
> >(and a bunch of other stuff that is over my head!) So far, it runs Win98
> >great. I never even worried about how Win98 would run with an AMD CPU,
> >because more and more commercial ("Big Name") computer manufacturers are
> >offering it with their new Win98 systems. It is so much cheaper, and from
> >what I can tell, and an excellent CPU. I suspect that anyone who tried to
> >dissuade you from AMD has something else up their sleeve, or are
> >misinformed. (When I was pricing out PCs, I went to one shop, and told the
> >earnest young man my computer preferences. When I mentioned that I wanted
> >AMD, not Intel, his face lit up, and he gave me a "thumbs up". Obviously
> he
> >felt the same way I did about it!)
> >
> >>> > >>Hi I am about to put together a new computer for myself, and this
> >time I
> >>> > >>have decided on an AMD K62 (either 300 or 350 - not too sure yet)
> and
> >a
> >>> > >>computer dealer has told me that the K62 does not like windows 98
> and
> >>> > plays
> >>> > >>up.
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >>Is this true?
> >
> >
> >
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