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  4. From: shopsis@panther.adelphi.edu (Charles Shopsis)
  5. Subject: Re: Speedstar24X Winmarks -- minor corrections
  6. Message-ID: <shopsis.63@panther.adelphi.edu>
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  9. Organization: Adelphi University - Node: Boole
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  11. Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:19:36 GMT
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  13.  
  14. In article <1k18cuINNf69@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> bo@horus.cem.msu.EDU (Bo Peng) writes:
  15.  
  16. >I posted a msg a couple of days ago wondering why the difference in terms of 
  17. >Winmarks as obtained from PC Mag's Winbench is much smaller than expected.
  18. >Well, the original results were on a 486dx50 platform with Winbench3.1. My
  19. >set of results was on a 386sx16 platform with Winbench2.5! Someone reminded
  20. >                                                      ^^^
  21. >me to check the version number.
  22.  
  23. >Does anyone has comparison as to how the results from these two versions of 
  24. >Winbench relate? I doubt there's a big difference.
  25.  
  26. I've been told that the 3.1 gives *much* lower numbers than 2.5. I recall 
  27. something like 50%, but am not sure.  There *is* a big difference.
  28.