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Subject: Re: Upgrading the CPU on a Vivante Se

Author:
Trent

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Date Posted: 16:44:11 02/23/00 Wed
In reply to: Sam Hankin 's message, "Re: Upgrading the CPU on a Vivante Se" on 11:23:31 02/22/00 Tue

The decision to use the MMC1 connector was due to the launch date of the Vivante SE & XL. The MMC2 connector was introduced by Intel much later.

> Thank you for the info. I did check on the
> availability of the Intel PII 400 MHz mobile module
> and I found a place in Herndon, Virginia that can
> order it for me at a price -- $425! In comparison,
> ASE's offer to upgrade to a 366 MHz PII at $200 is a
> bargain that I probably will do. It's a shame that
> Transmonde chose to use the MMC-1 242 pin connector
> instad of the 400-pin MMC-2 connector, which would
> have allowed the system to be upgraded to a PIII. So
> the email ASE sent to me about the Vivante SE being
> capable of upgrading to a PIII is wrong.
> I still think the Vivante SE is the best notebook
> I've ever owned and I'm hanging onto it, but I also
> purchased a Dell Inspiron 5000 PIII notebook
> yesterday. It has many of the features of the Vivante
> SE, including an upgradable MMC-2 IMM module, except
> that it has an internal floppy drive, 100 MHz external
> bus, and a removable media bay for DVD, CD-ROM, etc.
> I really need the extra processing power for video
> editing, etc.
> I really wish the Vivante SE hadn't come to the
> end of its potential!!!

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Upgrading the CPU on a Vivante Se	Peter Adams	17:33:11 07/18/00 Tue