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Re: K62 on Windows 98

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From: just mikee.
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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From: "just mikee." <mikeebee@best.com>
Subject: Re: K62 on Windows 98
Date: 1999/01/14
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