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Dick,
I think it's great you're getting the fastest CPU available. However, the
Pentium II has got to be the most overpriced CPU on the market. The total
cost of your system is about $4,500. Of that, the PII-300 is about $1,200.
Judging from my own system, which is only a Cyrix P150, all of my apps are
quick, even MetaStock v6. The only reason anyone would need such a fast CPU
is for CAD, professional drawing apps, programming development, or games.
The AMD K6-233, which can be purchased for $310, is about the fastest CPU
the average user will ever need. For this price, the AMD is an amazing deal.
The only thing I don't like about the non-Intel CPUs is the socket 7
motherboards are missing the new Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP). If it is
technically possible, I am sure the motherboard manufacturers will add this
feature next year. It just gets better and better.
>From PC Magazine:
http://www8.zdnet.com/pcmag/features/cpu/cpu5.htm
"AMD and Cyrix will continue ratcheting up the clock speed
of their processors.
Both companies plan to move to 0.25 micron-process
technology by the end of
this year. Next year, both companies are likely to seek ways
to add L2 cache
to their CPUs, bypassing the biggest limitation of the
Socket 7 pinout. Both
are also likely to make modifications to their CPUs to
enhance their lackluster
MMX and FP performance. (These new chips will be disclosed
for the first time
at the Microprocessor Forum in October; for more
information, see
www.mdronline.com/mpf.)"
Daniel.
In a message dated 97-09-12 15:07:56 EDT, dickj@xxxxxxxx writes:
<< You must have read my mind. <g> I heard Frank singing the praises of NT
a while back, and since I recently upgraded to a Win95 Dell
266/128MegRam/8Megvideo, I've been thinking that a little better control
of system resources might solve some of my MS6.0 problems.
Believe it or not, 2 WEEKS after I recieved my new box, Dell announced
the 300mhz version for desktop (not just server) with AGP (accelerated
graphics port). So I'm sending this new one back, and getting the NEW
NEW one with NT 4.0 installed.
Is it me ? Am I getting older faster, or are the upgrades coming quicker
and quicker ?
Dick
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