Re: Is it worth it?

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From: Doug Ritchie
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 1995 00:00

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In article: <418191308wnr@hardings.demon.co.uk>  Simon Harding 
<Simon@hardings.demon.co.uk> writes:
> 
> I eam considering buying a pentium early next year.  I'm not going to 
> upgrade my current machine but get an additional computer.
> 
> My question is  - Is it worth buying a P75?  I currently have a 486DX2 
> 66, so how much faster will a P75 be?

The processor is twice as fast, but you would be going down from 33 meg to 
25 meg bus speed, so the disk and video will be slower. 
I would say it's not worth upgrading from a 486 to anything less than a 
P100, this is the best value at the moment, if you can't afford one yet, 
just wait.

Doug
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From: Doug Ritchie <doug@drpc.demon.co.uk>
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