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Quotes of the Week, February 17-21
News Comparing a Power Mac against a Pentium is a waste of time. We tend to compare against the Pentium Pro - the Pentium's so far in the weeds. "The pent-up demand is huge and the companies who can make the drives will make a fortune.
[February 21, 1997, 15:52]
Quotes of the Week, August 25-29
News "Maybe we're too busy worrying about more cerebral matters such as creating classic cinema and writing great plays. AstraSoft's Martin Pickering on Negroponte's allegations of 'Europe's digital homeless'.
[August 29, 1997, 10:01]
Intel sees sub-£1K PII PCs
News Documents from the firm suggests that it sees 233MHz systems with 32Mb RAM and 14-inch monitor starting at about £999 + VAT and 17-inch monitor systems from name-brand vendors clocking in at £1,249 + VAT.
[October 27, 1997, 15:14]
Compaq to ship 333MHz PII Presario
News The Presario 4860 is a mini-tower system aimed at style-conscious users: it is jet balck and packs wraparound speakers into the monitor. A DVD-ROM drive, JBL Pro speakers and 2X AGP graphics card are standard.
[February 5, 1998, 9:37]
Intel to launch low-cost 'Covington' in April
News Codenamed Covington, the processor will be given a new brand name and utilise the P6 microarchitecture. It is expected to be a PII 266MHz processor without any level 2 cache. However, the company is expected to release an additional chip more...
[February 19, 1998, 16:34]
ZDNet News Exclusive: AMD K6-2 benchmark results
News The results have been compiled by our PC Project Leader, Phillip Jones.
[May 28, 1998, 17:34]
Time ships first 6x86MX PR266-based PCs
News Time's Colossus 266M-2 Ultimate PC with 64Mb EDO RAM, 8.6Gb hard drive, 8Mb ATI Rage Pro graphics card, TV tuner card, 56K voice modem, 32-speed CD-ROM and Lotus SmartSuite and software bundle costs from £1,269 + VAT.
[February 17, 1998, 6:00]
Quotes of the Week, May 19-23
News "The most important thing is we're setting up a new company entirely focused on Newton. We will have our own direction, which wasn't possible before when we had to make compromises to suit Apple and ride the ups and downs of its fortunes.
[May 27, 1997, 10:35]
Intel's brave new home Pt II
News The device would include a Pentium or a StrongARM chip as well as a hard drive and remote control, which doubles as a mouse. The key, however, is the 'always on' aspect. Always on" refers to Internet connections that are ever present when the PC or...
[July 26, 2000, 11:55]
Focus: Processor makers' flippin' genius, Part II
News AMD has used flip-chip with older processors such as the K6 line, but Intel first introduced the packaging with the "Coppermine" Pentium III, launched last Autumn. Intel has admitted supplies of Pentium IIIs will continue to be "tight" through the...
[May 2, 2000, 9:12]
Exclusive: Transmeta flirting with AMD and 1GHz Pt II
News The TM5800 will allow Transmeta to catch up with rival Intel, which will hit 1GHz in the first half of the year with its mobile Pentium III. Transmeta isn't standing still on the chip front, either. The company began sampling the new TM5600 chip...
[August 21, 2000, 9:40]
The truth about ASPs, Part II
News Our advice to Notes-based ASPs is to stick with the native Notes client, because Lotus' Java-based browser client was painfully slow on even our fastest 500MHz Pentium III with 128MB of RAM and T1 connections to the Internet.
[May 30, 2000, 15:48]
AMD, Toshiba to make notebooks cool, Part II
News The mobile K6-2+ chip will take on Intel's mobile Celeron, while the K6-III+ will be targeted at Intel's Pentium III. The 650MHz mobile Pentium III, for example, drops three speed grades from 650MHz to 500MHz when it switches from AC to battery power.
[April 19, 2000, 8:42]
Intel vs. AMD: Get ready for Round Three Pt II
News Currently, except for a few models that use AMD's K6-2+, such as Hewlett-Packard's Pavilion notebook series, most notebooks use Intel Pentium IIIs or Celerons. But AMD is planning to jump into the ring with Intel on this front, as well, with a...
[July 19, 2000, 14:00]
Intel's portable Timna to debut at 700MHz, (Part II)
News The processor core is based on Intel's Katmai core, which was used for the original Pentium III chips (up to 600MHz) manufactured using a 0.25 micron process. Timna is based on a number of different technologies, borrowed from other Intel products.
[September 8, 2000, 13:18]
