Re: Do I need a Pentium II 266mhz ?

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From: Smiles
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 00:00

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swanlee <swanlee@avana.net> wrote in article
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> On Wed, 30 Jul 1997 18:34:47 GMT, dexdcat@super.zippo.com (Dosidos)
> wrote:
> 
> >On 30 Jul 1997 17:38:17 GMT, hahn@neurocog.lrdc.pitt.edu (Mark Hahn)
> >wrote:
> >
> >>: > I want fast access on the internet and play games, do I need the
high
> >>: > speed computer ?                                ^^^^^^^^^
> >>
> >>: Try a mid-level Mac OS machine with a fast 603e (e.g., 225 MHz Mac
6500)
> >>: or one of the 180 - 200 mHz 604 Macs (e.g., Mac 7300). Both have
speed to
> >>: burn and will let you do anything on the Internet you might care to
do.
> >>: For games, obviously the faster the better.
> >>
> >><snicker>  needless to say, noone outside of the Church of the Mac
> >>would claim that these mid-range PPC chips are faster than a PII/266.
> >>
> >>regards, mark hahn.
> >
> >
> >If he wasn't so confused he wouldn't be using a Mac anyway.. forgive
> >him.
> >
> 
> Why would he want a mac anyway? Since he wants it for games to who
> cares how fast it is if there are no games on it that he could play.
>
>

> I have yet to see any games that would even come close to recomending
that fast of a processor.  I run many sim games that require the latest in
directx on a 100mhz pentium/w32mb of ram

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From: "Smiles" <shon@ames.net>
Subject: Re: Do I need a Pentium II 266mhz ?
Date: 1997/08/04
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