Re: [Thinkpad] 1.4GHz PIII-m?

From: Vicky Lamburn <victoria_j_k_lamburn_at_yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat Jan 17 2004 - 18:49:45 EST

Hi Mike,

> That's only a 24% improvement in CPU speed. The actual improvement in
system
> speed would be even less. Maybe 15% if that much? You'll never notice a
tiny
> difference like that.
>
> Because the system won't seem any faster, the only way to make a project
> like this worthwhile is to run a lot of benchmark tests. Then your friend
> can print out the results and post them on the wall to convince himself
that
> the time and money spent was worthwhile even though he can't perceive any
> performance improvement.
>
> -Mike
>
> p.s. How much memory is in the machine?

512MB PC133 I am told.

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