Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???

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From: Chad Irby
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 18:39

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PJ (pjuang@hawking.nhgs.tec.va.us) wrote:

: >
: >You might look into your *big* mistake.  Those $379 motherboards DON'T 
: >HAVE CPU CHIPS ON THEM!  
: >
: >Call your dealer and ask them.  Then ask how much it costs for a 
: >motherboard AND a chip...
: >

:     Oh...did I forget to say that I installed it and had it running on
: the same day?  Looks like a perfectly fine DX4/100 chip and motherboard
: to me!  

...not a Pentium, like you were suggesting?

The 486-class machines (of just about any speed) are *much* cheaper than 
Pentiums.  And the $200-$300 "Pentium motherboards" don't have CPUs on them.

-- 

Chad Irby           /    My greatest fear: that future generations will,
cirby@gate.net     /      for some reason, refer to me as an "optimist."

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