Re: 486 vs. 386

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From: John Wu
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 23:03

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In article <vjn1bhr@rpi.edu> moncrg@marcus.its.rpi.edu (Gregory Donald Moncreaff) writes:
>article <1992Nov9.200839.27999@exu.ericsson.se> exuhag@exu.ericsson.se writes:
>>
>>Not to mention that very few people actually need a 586 (aka Pentium).
>>How many people--excepting ray-tracing fanatics and people who do
>>serious number crunching--have had any speed problems with a 33 MHz
>>486?  
>>
>does any one remember when they asked us, "who really needs a 486?"
>
Or from the November 25, 1986 issue of PC Mag...

"Certainly not everyone is going to need or want a 386 PC.  Fast 80286 PC's
 will become the new office-automation standard...."        ^^^^
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