Re: Pentium III or K7 Athlon?

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From: ms
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 00:00

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In article <935662921snz129.os2.7@sunshine.tm>, Richard Ashton
<{R}@sunshine.tm> wrote
>In article <B$MM+bAQpQx3EwPZ@urban75.demon.co.uk>
>           mike@nospam.demon.co.uk "ms" writes:
>
>>I'm about to slap out on an uber machine, and am currently weighing up
>>the pros and cons of a Pentium III 600 against one of these new fangled
>>K7 Athlon chips. Word is that the Athlons are very fast and offer
>>significant benefits over the Pentium, but what are the drawbacks?
>
>The Celerons are much cheaper and just as fast.

But not so hot for intensive Photoshop/graphics/video stuff or working
with loads of applications open, apparently.

Mike (happy to be corrected, if need be)
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From: ms <mike@nospam.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Pentium III or K7 Athlon?
Date: 1999/08/26
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