Re: Pentium III or K7 Athlon?

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

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Talking of Celerons and stuff, I'm getting an L500 soon (if Dell can find
the
part they seem to have lost). They *are* just as good as the next 500Mhz
processor I take it? I've never noticed any benchmark results in any mags
I've read.

    Scott.



Richard Ashton <{R}@sunshine.tm> wrote in message
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> 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.
>
> {R}
>

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