From: David Fox (fox_at_cat.nyu.edu)
Date: Tue Dec 03 1996 - 05:20:18 EST
ross_at_math.hawaii.edu (David Ross) writes:
> ] FYI: They [PEP] offer for $500 to
> ] replace the DX4-74 chip with an 5x86-100 which would
> ] > appear to almost double the power of the laptop.
>
> Pasting the label "vroom vroom!" above the keyboard would also
> appear to almost double the power of the laptop, at least until you
> tried to do anything with it. If PEP or anyone else is seriously
> claiming that the new chip will double the speed, they should be
> willing to back it up with some sort of evidence, or maybe a
> money-back guarantee:-)
Wouldn't that be AMD's responsibility? I'm interested in hearing
opinions of how big the improvement is likely to be - you sound pretty
skeptical. What about for real 32 bit operating systems like Linux?
-- David Fox http://www.cat.nyu.edu/fox xoF divaD NYU Media Research Lab fox_at_cat.nyu.edu baL hcraeseR aideM UYN
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