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Article #10497Re: 486 vs. 386
From: Steve Taylor
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 00:11
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 00:11
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exuhag@exu.ericsson.se (James Hague) writes: >Now think about what the 486 is capable of. There are very few >people who need that sort of power. It is mostly a marketing thing; I'm sure there's a marketing component, but really, some people *do* need that much power and more. Heavy graphics users in particular can never get enough processor speed. An acquaintance of mine just finished a small 3d film, using high end Silicon Graphics workstations. The rendering time was 12 days. >James Hague Steve Taylor
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!sol.deakin.OZ.AU!fulcrum.oz.au!steve From: steve@fulcrum.oz.au (Steve Taylor) Subject: Re: 486 vs. 386 Message-ID: <1992Nov18.001125.15480@fulcrum.oz.au> Organization: The Fulcrum Consulting Group References: <1992Nov10.213327.9439@mksol.dseg.ti.com> <1992Nov11.164527.23898@exu.ericsson.se> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 00:11:25 GMT Lines: 15