From: Valentino Kyriakides (vkyr_at_lavielle.com)
Date: Sat Apr 07 2001 - 13:58:54 EDT
Well, here is some other difference (beside the performance factor, where it
is logical that the newer TPs of the A+T series will be better, this
comparison looks for me somehow like those odd fruit comparisons...).
With the newer TP models you loose in assembling quality and stability,
where the older ones are unbeatable!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Bell [mailto:electrosoft_at_earthlink.net]
> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 9:23 PM
> To: ThinkPad_at_cs.utk.edu
> Subject: Re: A21p vs 770ED Relative Speeds
>
>
> 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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