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On 14 Dec 1995 23:47:13 GMT, ad608@ccn.cs.dal.ca (Paul Paruch) wrote:

>I am thinking of buying the computer advertised on the front page of the 
>Bus. Depot's flyer yesterday.

I checked this system out and it is crap. Just like anything else, a
cheap system is exactly that. 

>Does anyone have any comments on this particular piece of hardware?
>It is:
>486/100 mhz processor (Blue lightning, IBM)

Cyrix chip no less. And the motherboard is some hybrid thing between
IBM and Cyrix - they got together and made a slow DX/4-100.

>2X CDROM

No problems.

>540 HD.

The guy didn't know who made it.

>4med of RAM

Need more, but nothing wrong with the RAM itself.

>keyboard.
>14' monitor INCLUDED.

Okay, here is where they cut the corners. The monitor is a 14"
*interlaced* monitor, with a dot pitch of 0.39. Crap in other words.

>The processor is upgradeable to a P75. You move jumpers to disconect the 
>486 and use the zif socket on the board for the new processor.

The thing about "Pentium Upgradeable" systems is that they actually
aren't in reality. If I stick a V8 engine in my Firefly, the car won't
run like a Mustang.. Why? It can't handle the speed of the motor, and
bottlenecks the whole system. Same deal with a 486 architechre trying
to run P5 chips. You see, when you go to a Pentium - everything gets
faster, not just the CPU. Cache, memory, bus "width", all increase.
Just popping a P75 chip into your 486 board will not do a hell of alot
for ya. All the "slow" 486 components on the motherboard will slow
down the system.

Cheers!




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