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Article #6Re: FS: Pentium 150 Minitower Computer
From: Jim Cummings
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 00:00
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 00:00
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scs@dynanet.com (Scott C. Sanchez) wrote: >>>I've used both the Cyrix and Pentium CPU's and they both work fine. >>>The big Cyrix advantage is the price of course. But they do tend to >>>run hotter and Windows 95 thinks the Cyrix 6x866 is a 486 CPU. No big >>>deal unless you buy WIN95 software that requires a Pentium and won't >>>install if it thinks you have a 486. > >www.cyrix.com has a patch to make software think it's a pentium... > >The only software that I ever found that wont install without having a >pentium is Sonic the Hedgehog. Lookie-lookie, Intel owns Sonic. :) > >With the money you save by buying cyrix vs pentium, you can almost buy >two systems for the price of one. That would depend on which CPU you are talking about. A Cyrix 120+ CPU is about $100-$110. A Pentium 120 CPU is $125-$130. The higher you go up the CPU line, the bigger the gap gets. I just ordered a fully loaded Pentium 200 MMX system (sans monitor) for $1400. I might have saved $100 (if even that) with a Cyrix 200 CPU. Jim Cummings <jc@starlinx.com>
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1105d2,e4119ab8c30fdee1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1105d2,public X-Google-Thread: f7d1c,e4119ab8c30fdee1 X-Google-Attributes: gidf7d1c,public X-Google-Thread: 1031e1,e4119ab8c30fdee1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1031e1,public X-Google-Thread: 102c1d,e4119ab8c30fdee1 X-Google-Attributes: gid102c1d,public X-Google-Thread: fb6d4,e4119ab8c30fdee1 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb6d4,public X-Google-Thread: 1016cf,e4119ab8c30fdee1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1016cf,public X-Google-Thread: 1002bf,e4119ab8c30fdee1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1002bf,public From: jc@starlinx.comNOSPAM (Jim Cummings) Subject: Re: FS: Pentium 150 Minitower Computer Date: 1997/04/02 Message-ID: <3342ec97.256884@news.starlinx.com> X-Deja-AN: 230257894 Distribution: world References: <333435DF.5F10@psu.edu> <5h65g6$pk0@netnews.upenn.edu> <3339AE0A.F74@slmedia.SPAMFREE.com> <5hl5fv$1rb@netnews.upenn.edu> <333f372f.14612870@news.starlinx.com> <33406e12.144929153@news.psu.edu> <334121b9.4285672@news.dynanet.com> Organization: StarLinX Reply-To: jc@starlinx.comNOSPAM Newsgroups: psu.market.computers,psu.market.forsale,pa.forsale,ba.forsale,balt.forsale,phl.forsale,ba.market.computers