Pentium III

The Intel Pentium III 500 MHz with a 100MHz FSB codenamed Katmai was introduced on February 26, 1999 and initially continued to use the Slot 1 as its connection to the motherboard. With proper BIOS support this processor could also be used on older Pentium II motherboards. Before it's release the Pentium III had a lot of controversy about privacy with the announcement of each processor having a unique identification chip that was intended as a way of help verifying identity of a user over the Internet. Because of the concern Intel this feature is disabled by default.

The Intel Pentium III 550 MHz processor was later released on May 17, 1999 followed by the 600 MHz version on August 2, 1999 and finally the 533B and 600B on September 27, 1999, which had a 133MHz FSB.

Later Intel introduced the Pentium III Coppermine series, which introduced a new type of Pentium III that utilized the Socket 370 socket in addition to the Slot1 configuration. The Intel Pentium III Coppermine 500, 533, 550, 600, 650, 667, 700, and 733 were first introduced on October 25, 1999.

Pentium II

Codenamed Klamath the Intel Pentium II 233MHz is introduced on May 7, 1997 and introduced slot 1, a new physical architecture that encased a circuit board within a plastic case. This new development enabled the processor to be easily added and removed. However, previous owners of Pentium motherboard could not upgrade to this new type of chip unless the motherboard they had also included the slot 1 interface. The Pentium II runs from 233MHz to

Buy a Laptop

INTRODUCTION

Purchasing a home or business laptop can be a much more confusing and sometimes frightening experience as most users today have some experience with a desktop computer but not as many have experience with a laptop, what is properly known as a portable computer. Portable computers are an excellent solution for anyone who needs to be portable and have all of their information on a small computer. Below is a listing of help and tips when considering to purchase a laptop computer.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR

When purchasing a computer, it is likely that you will have a general idea of what you may like in the computer or how you would like to configure the computer

Macintosh Computer

Macintosh Case

Sometimes abbreviated as Mac, Macintosh is a type of computer designed by Apple Computer Inc. that was introduced in 1984. Macintosh computers are known for their easy to use graphical user interface that uses icons, windows and a mouse for point and click operation; opposed to the IBM computers, that at the time used MS-DOS, a non graphical user interface.

The first laptop or portable computer

The first portable computer or laptop is considered to be the Osborne I, a portable computer developed by Adam Osborne that weighed 24 pounds, a 5-inch display, 64 KB of memory, two 5 1/4" floppy drives, and a modem.

IBM's First LapTop
IBM PCD later released the IBM portable in 1984, it's first portable computer that weighed in at 30 pounds. IBM PCD later announced in 1986 it's first laptop computer, the PC Convertible, weighing 12 pounds. And in 1994 introduces the IBM ThinkPad 775CD, the first notebook with an integrated CD-ROM.

Computer company firsts

Below is a listing of some of the major computers companies first computers.
Compaq - March 1983 Compaq released its first computer and the first 100% IBM compatible computer the "Compaq Portable."Digital - In 1960 Digital Equipment Corporation released its first of many PDP computers the "PDP-1."Dell - In 1985 Dell introduced its first computer, the "Turbo PC."Hewlett Packard - In 1966 Hewlett Packard released its first general computer, the "HP-2115."NEC - In 1958 NEC builds its first computer the "NEAC 1101."Toshiba - In 1954 Toshiba introduces its first computer, the "TAC" digital computer.

PC

lso known as a single-user computer, PC is short for Personal Computer and is a term coined by Ed Roberts when he introduced the MITS Altair 8800. This term is commonly used in the computer industry to describe an IBM or IBM compatible computer even though the term PC can refer to any personal computer, IBM, IBM compatible, or Apple Macintosh.