[geeks] Yeow! That is a pricey CPU for a PeeCee!

[Joshua D. Boyd]

I personally am recalling how just about ever P75 I've touched was faster
than my moms old P90.  I don't know if her p90 was just wierd or if that
was a general problem.  The P75 was a newer chip than the P90 though.

--
Joshua Boyd

On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Ken Hansen wrote:

> Maybe power/heat differences? Also, remember how the P/133 was actually *faster* for most applications than a P/150 (clock rate/multiplier differences)? Maybe the I/733 is better for end-user applications, the I/800 better for compute-intensive applications?
> 
> Just a thought,
> 
> Ken
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zach Malone [mailto:Diff at Mac.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 7:53 PM
> To: geeks at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [geeks] Yeow! That is a pricey CPU for a PeeCee!
> 
> 
> People who already bought a 733 system from HP, and want to install a second
> chip?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tugrul Galatali" <tugrul at galatali.com>
> To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 8:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [geeks] Yeow! That is a pricey CPU for a PeeCee!
> 
> 
> > On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Ken Hansen wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> > > http://computerworld.com/nlt/1%2C3590%2CNAV47_STO61925_NLTpm%2C00.html
> > [...]
> >
> > "Both the 800MHz and 733MHz processors with 4MB of Level 2 cache are
> priced at $4,227. "
> >
> > So, uhm, who buys the 733MHz parts?
> >
> > Tugrul Galatali
> >
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