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- From: jesebel@execulink.com (jesebel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: x86 must die it's over-priced junk
- Date: 9 Feb 1996 15:44:37 GMT
- Organization: Bell Global Solutions
- Message-ID: <936.6613T630T2903@execulink.com>
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- >You can get a 486DX2-80 for about 20 quid + VAT. This CPU is faster than a
- >40mhz '040 and probably faster than the '060. In six months time DX4-120s
- >will be just as cheap.
-
- No, the 50MHz 68060 is 30% faster than a 90MHz Pentium chip. Don't
- forget that the 68060 is RISC internally, with a CISC-interpreter.
-
- >You've got to admire the x86 series, it's the only thing PCs have going
- >for them.
-
- Do we really? ;)
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