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Dean H. Saxe (Remove asterisks in address to reply) wrote:
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> In article <33661F8A.8E8D5A82@prism.gatech.edu>, gt5879c@prism.gatech.edu wrote:
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> > Does anyboy kow if it is true that Intel has dropped prices of pentium
> > CPU's by 48%?  I read this in the paper.  It was supposed to have
> > happened Monday (28th).  I haven't seen any evidence at any online
> > computer stores yet.  If anybody knows for sure, please let me know.
> > -Chris Eaker
> 
> Its true.  They are pushing their Pentium chips with MMX. Don't believe the
> hype, however, they are only a few percent faster than the standard Pentium
> and only faster on certain tasks.  See
> http://www.pbs.org/cringely/main3.html
> 
> -Dean
> 
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Heck, if I were to buy a new processor, I'djust get a Pentium II. You
get more L1 and L2 cache, higher clock speed, and MMX.