...... then you certainly cannot say that all 5600s bought now will have the new CPU.
I didn\'t, read my post again.
I never said it wasn\'t possible that the cpu and or 250 were on the shelf for ages, I just said that\'s the only way you could get one.
As for requireing a huge GA test, I think you\'re wrong. According to an Intel press release when the chip was replaced, the pxa255 is, and I quote, \"A drop-in replacement\" for the 250.\"
They said that manufacturers would only need to swap the CPU\'s and one or two ic\'s that all have the same configuration, and most PPC manufacturers continued all their current models with less than 2 weeks production downtime using the new CPU. Toshiba kept producint it\'s e740 until it ran out of 250\'s and then switched to the 255 with LITERALY NO DOWN TIME, because they knew it was coming, and just renamed it the e750. HP continued all of it\'s ipaqswith no conusumer end shortages, and Dell, only stopped shippments on the Dell Axim Series for 2 weeks while they made the minor updates that were all laid out for them by intel. Many PPC makers did not mention a word to anyone when they switched. They just did itand kept moving to avoid idiots claiming they deserved a free upgrade which happens all the time. When the OS was upgraded from PPC2000 to PPC2002, there were so many people that had bought in recent months that claime3d they deserved a free upgrade that many companies went ahead and did it. The same happened with the upgrade from the Sa-111 to the 250 and later, the upgrade from 2002 to WinodwsMobile. So lot\'s of companies wanted to keep quiet about their upgrades.
All that in mind, it\'s more likely that sharp HAS upgraded, as it\'s very unlikely that they would stockpile that many cpu\'s. I\'m sorry to the guy that just got one with a 250, but logicaly, the 255\'s must be out there.
