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Re: CPU Upgrades for 701 model
- To: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu
- Subject: Re: CPU Upgrades for 701 model
- From: Robert Munzenrider <rfm@psu.edu>
- Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 15:42:38 -0400
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Thanks to all who replied about likely results of upgrading a TP701 486/75
cpu with one of the AMD K5-133mhz cpu chips. The consensus is that
considering clock speeds, etc., the upgrade would be equivalent to
replacing the present chip with a 486/100 DX4 chip. The upgrade thus would
bring about at best a marginal improvement, from 75mhz to 100mhz, which
improvement doesn't seem to justify the $400 cost to accomplish it.
<Sigh> I really like my little TP701 -- tyhe size, the butterfly keyboard,
the screen (TFT) the weight, etc. I just wish it ran a little FASTER.....
Wonder if AMD will ever come out with a 233mhz cpu chip????
BobM
Penn State Harrisburg