Re: Pentium Or Pentium Pro

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From: Terry Thiel
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 1996 00:00

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In article <836483007snz@genesis.demon.co.uk>, fred@genesis.demon.co.uk wrote:

> In article <4ree8j$q1u@thymaster.interaccess.com>
>            bdp@interaccess.com "Brian Peterson" writes:
> 
> >ahh, yes. but why buy a brand new PPro computer if you are going to hold it
> >down to 16 bit apps? yes, the PPro runs 16 bit apps about 20% slower than
> >a P5 at the same speed.
> 
> Which is likely to be more than fast enough for 16 bit applications
> dsigned for 486 systems. For the applications you need to run fast you
> get the 32 bit versions.

Thats not going the help if the OS is still largely 16 bit.

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From: tthiel@msilink.com (Terry Thiel)
Subject: Re: Pentium Or Pentium Pro
Date: 1996/07/05
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