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- From: tso@cephalo.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu (Dan T'so)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
- Subject: Re: 486SLC?
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- Date: 27 Jul 1992 03:34:21 GMT
- References: <1992Jul15.195909.28143@amgen.com>
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- In article <1992Jul15.195909.28143@amgen.com> chriss@sam.amgen.com (Chris Silvester) writes:
- >I'm considering purchasing a 486 Notebook from PC Brand. The following
- >configuration is available from them for under $2000:
- > 486 25 MHz Cyrex (Spelling?) Processor
- >Seems like a good deal to me. My concern is the non-Intel processor. They
- >claim 100% compatibility with Intel...
-
- This month's PCmag talks about the Cyrix "486" processor, and how it
- really shouldn't be called a 486. It is basically a 386SX-like chip with a 1K
- cache. It doesn't have a 487-like FPU, nor an 8K cache and I think the
- instruction timing is more similar to a 386 than a 486: it benchmarks like a
- cached 386SX, apparently.
- Other than that, its fine, if somewhat deceitful.
-