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Intel Pentium II Coppermine
Speed: 600 MHz or faster
What is this for: For high end and power desktops and notebooks
What's nice about this: Intel is using a new manufacturing process which allows for higher clock speeds without overheating; there is also a 256KB on-board secondary cache, which is a first for Pentum desktop chips; Geyserville technology let notebooks run at 600 MHz when plugged in and 400 MHz when run by a battery
Problems: This will most likely be EXPENSIVE
Speed: 233 to 300 MHz
What is this for: This chip makes it possible to have sub $500 computers, but most likely will be in information appliances
What's nice about this: This could start a new class of low cost devices for the home
Problems: The chip may ship later then scheduled
Speed: 200, 233, and 266 MHz
What this is for: Low-cost notebooks
What's nice about this: This chip consumes a very low amount of power, which will extend battery life by much more; uses a 128KB primary cache and a 100MHz system bus
Problems: No on-board secondary cache; It is too soon to judge the on-board performance
Speed: 400 to 450 MHz
What is this for: Low-cost desktops
What's nice about this: This chip has improved floating point and MMX support over other M II chips; Plus it has support for AMD's 3Dnow instructions; with all this it is still cheaper than Intel's celeron-based PCs
Problem: Too soon to say