Re: Pentium III or K7 Athlon?

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

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In article <B$MM+bAQpQx3EwPZ@urban75.demon.co.uk>, ms
<mike@nospam.demon.co.uk> 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?
>
>Mike

See today's Guardian - the OFFLINE supplement, it's got a piece on
Athlon vs PIII.

If you can't get it, repost and I'll knock up a summary.  Can't now, got
to go to do some of this work-thingy :-)

-- 
paul

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