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To: Dayuhan who wrote (43885)	1/19/1999 12:39:00 AM
From: Ed Beers	Read Replies (1) of 132070

Steve, Games are by far the most strenuous application for PCs. You don't need 16 Mbyte 3D graphic cards for word processors and spread sheets. I'm actually kid of surprised that you didn't get the kid the 400 MHz unit. Ed > I'm anything but an expert on PC markets, but I use them all the time. Not long ago my 8 year old son wanted to use my nice new 400 Mhz Pentium II to blow up spaceships. I used his Celeron 266, and did the things I normally do. I couldn't tell the difference. Whatever speed advantage existed was minimal, at least using the applications I normally use. <

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