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In article <4rc02h$oq2@cronkite.cisco.com>, cakyol@cisco.com says...
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>In the anticipation that eventually most software will
>be written for 32 bit operating systems (NT), I have decided
>to pay the extra few hundred dollars and go for a Pentium Pro,
>instead of the Pentium.
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>Having made this decision however, the prospect of everyone
>not moving to the 32 bit operating system is still nagging me.
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>Therefore, I would like to know if anyone has any hard data
>(not feelings or rumors) about the performance of Pentium
>Pro running 16 bit applications comparing them to the Pentium.
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>Thank you.
>
>C. M. Akyol (cakyol@cisco.com)
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I recently purchased a Dell Pentium Pro which I dual boot in Windows NT and 
Windows 95.  One of the main applications that is run on the system is Matlab, 
currently a 16 bit numerical analysis package.  Running the built in benchmark 
under Windows 95 I have found the system runs faster than a Pentium 166.  All 
other applications also are fast  -- I am very satisfied with the purchase.  
However, 16 bit dos applications are very slow when run under Windows NT.

Tim R