Re: Pentium III or K7 Athlon?

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From: Tom Bird
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
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>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?

Athlon is the dog's bollocks from what I have seen.  You will need to
buy premium priced 133MHz RAM and as with any spanking new technology,
the problems haven't surfaced yet.

TB - Demon's 'dodgy' - use tomsnews@sunscreen.cx to email me

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From: Tom Bird <hamster@nospam.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Pentium III or K7 Athlon?
Date: 1999/08/26
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