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In article <13832@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> tso@cephalo.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu (Dan Ts'o) writes:
>In article <1992Jul31.144719.24933@wam.umd.edu> qian@wam.umd.edu (Yong Qian) writes:
>>Does any have the speed rating of 486SX-25 and 386DX-40? The local 
>>computers are selling 486SX-25 cheaper than a similar equiped 386-40.
>>($1080 VS $1120). I lean toward 486SX. Any comments?
>
>	If you ever will need floating point, getting the co-processor for
>the 386 will be alot cheaper. The 487SX's run about $500-600 because you're
>buying a whole new CPU, while 387's are about $150.


I'd go for the 486SX-25, because as long as the 486SX is socketed, or if 
there is a 487 socket, you can later plug in a 486DX2-50 or an equivalent
"Overdrive" processor and seriously upgrade the machine. (Of course, this
assumes that the BIOS was properly written and did not contain any 
timing loops which would be messed up by a clock doubling chip.)
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