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- From: stmbt01@moravian.edu (Mason Taube)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: The New Ami: a right step!
- Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 02:32:15 GMT
- Organization: Moravian College
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- haroldk@stack.urc.tue.nl (Harold Klink) wrote:
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- >sinclap2954@cobra.uni.edu (PETER SINCLAIR-DAY) writes:
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- >>A big step? Considering this new lowend is suppose to cost $1100 or so. $1100
- >>buys at least a Pentium 100 - considered the new lowend and PowerMac Performa
- >>6214 with a gig for under $900 and 7200's below $1300...
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- >Pentium?! That's a CRAP processor, my dear! :-)
- >Pentia still have *BUGS* yes, *BUGS*. No, not the famous *P60* bug, but
- >other bugs. They even atmitted it at Intel! So, you prefer a computer with
- >bugs?! And for $1100 you'll end up with a clone. Crap hardware. And I don't
- >only mean speed but also LASTABILITY! Yup, LASTABILITY! I've seen *DOZENS*
- >of clones that had faults after some months of using!
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- The 6502 still has *BUGS* and it's a pretty well known fact. It is
- also the only microprocessor that I know of that has been medically
- approved for insertion into people... So, you prefer a pacemaker with
- bugs?!
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- My point being, you'll always have bugs. The pentium is a pretty
- decent chip. Of course it's usually running in 8086 emulation mode
- which renders it virtually useless, but if you run solaris or
- something on a pentium you get really impressive performance... The
- 68030 is a fast CPU, for it's age, but to compete with modern PC's,
- something better is in order...
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