JUNE 09, 2004 (PC WORLD) - If you're thinking about buying or
building a new PC soon, you should wait. Seriously, wait another
month or so; some very cool new technology is on the way.
That's not the type of advice I typically give. After all, there's
always some sweet new technology just around the corner. If you
keep waiting for the "next big thing," you'll never get that new
PC. But this is different. This time we're talking about some
fundamental improvements to the PC platform itself.
Yes, I'm excited about a chip set.
In the next month or so, expect Intel Corp. to launch chip sets
with more new technology goodies than any self-respecting geek
could hope to find under his Star Trek-ornament-laden Christmas
tree. New system bus, new memory, new hard drive technology, new
wireless options, new sound -- it really is the works.
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. fans, fret not: That chip maker's
partners are also planning new chip sets with many (but not all) of
these same technologies. Intel loyalists, however, will get first
dibs.
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