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Article #3698Re: K62 on Windows 98
From: Justin Kallas
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 00:00
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 00:00
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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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