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>As far as the rest of the questions, I think most of the answers >are in the announcement letter, and it's at: > >http://www1.ibmlink.ibm.com/cgi-in/master?xh=logon&xu=guest&request=usa.ann o >uncements&parms=H_198-10 > >Jane Thanks for your first hand impression of the 600, Jane. I agree with you on unscrewing to get to the disk drive. I like the easy access bays as well. I have a LOT of questions still ;) Anyone? Does the mobile Pentium II run a 100mhz or 60mhz memory bus? Given the lackluster performance boost a Pentium II offers over a Pentium MMX (10-35% says Intel website http://developer.intel.com/design/mobile/mobile_pentiumII.htm ) whats the benefit of these new, (more expensive) models over the existing (discounted) Pentium MMX counterparts? Are these new 266mhz processors upgradable when say 400mhz is available? 450? Won't laptop clock speeds jump as quickly as desktops have? Will these newer models ease that upgrade path for me or just for IBM engineers? Disk and memory are (finally) commodity/open parts in a laptop, when will the processor be too? I ask this because the processor in my 755CD (still under warranty) is the only part requiring an upgrade. I have no option to bring my (75mhz) proc to 200 something. I think this machine is reliable and still has life, it seems a waste to make them so disposable by not designing in reasonable proc upgrade paths. Desktops now have faster proc upgrade paths with Pentium II. Is this true of laptops too? With the Pentium II, Intel has changed the form factor, memory packaging, and increased power consumption all for a 20% increase in performance. There must be more to it. Why do I want one of these? Aaron.