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- From: exuhag@exu.ericsson.se (James Hague)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
- Subject: Re: 486 vs. 386
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.200839.27999@exu.ericsson.se>
- Date: 9 Nov 92 20:08:39 GMT
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- X-Disclaimer: This article was posted by a user at Ericsson.
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- Derek Schott writes:
- >
- >After watching the market trend, I have the funniest feeling that
- >everything has about hit rock bottom. A lot of people keep saying
- >that the introduction of the i586 is going to severely cut the
- >prices of both the 386 and 486 machines. Although it might drop
- >the prices at first, I don't see why it is going to cut them so
- >much.
-
- Not to mention that very few people actually need a 586 (aka Pentium).
- How many people--excepting ray-tracing fanatics and people who do
- serious number crunching--have had any speed problems with a 33 MHz
- 486? For the mass-market, the Pentium is a solution waiting for
- a problem (like CD-I). I can't see people scrambling to buy them,
- unless they are one of the rising number of buzzword addicts.
-
- --
- James Hague
- exuhag@exu.ericsson.se
-