timur@seas.gwu.edu (The Time Traveler) (12/11/90)
In article <1315@gvgspd.GVG.TEK.COM> jdb@gvgspd.GVG.TEK.COM (John D. Boote) writes: >Second question is when I bought this machine the person told me I could >upgrade from a 386 to a 486. How do I do this, just replace a chip or do >I replace the entire little board that the 386 chip comes on? You get IBM's Power Platform, which is a 25Mhz 486 relacement for the processor daughter-board that's under your second floppy-drive bay. They take the board back, and put the Platform in it's place. IBM just lowered the price by $2000, so it's cost effective now. Unfortunately, it's not a very good 25Mhz 486, but it's about twice as fast as what you have know. Through the educational discount, I could probably get it for about $800, so I'm considering it. I'd much rather wait for a 50Mhz version, though.