From: Mark Bell (electrosoft_at_earthlink.net)
Date: Fri Apr 06 2001 - 15:23:00 EDT
At 10:28 AM 4/6/01 -0500, Ronald W. Heiby wrote:
>I just got my first real indication of the speed difference between my
>latest ThinkPad and that it is replacing.
>
>TP 770ED with 24Gig HD and 224Meg RAM under Win98SE
>TP A21p with 32Gig HD and 128Meg RAM under Win2K Pro
Well, we are talking a major difference here. :)
P2-266 (512k 1:2 cache) versus P3-850 (256k 1:1 cache)
FSB 66mhz versus FSB 100mhz
4800rpm HD versus 5400rpm HD
As much as I loved my 770z (which my brother is currently using),
my A21p kicks it in the dirt. Never mind the fact I can play decent
games now on the go (oh, I mean productivity software that requires
D3D and OpenGL support...yeah that's it).
Sometimes you don't realize all the fine improvements you are
experiencing, until you are forced to step back and use a slower
machine for whatever reason. You immediately notice the difference.
When I help my family on their systems, the drastically lower speed
of their systems (From a P100 up to a P300), make me want to
flip out sometimes when working on their systems.
Mark
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