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To: Road Walker who wrote (142247)8/28/2001 8:06:29 AM
From: Joseph Pareti  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 186894
 
The Pentium 4 processor at 2 GHz is the world's highest-performance desktop processor as measured by the SPEC CPU* 2000 benchmark. The Pentium 4 processor at 2 GHz delivers the world's highest desktop processor score on SPECint*_base2000, with a score of 640. In addition, the Pentium 4 processor at 2 GHz delivers a SPECfp*_base2000 score of 704. For more information on Pentium 4 processor performance, visit
intel.com

contrast this with UltraSlow (TM):

specbench.org
specbench.org

Sun Fire 280R SPEC CINT2000 base 375
Sun Fire 280R SPEC CFP2000 base 324

no extra comments :-)



To: Road Walker who wrote (142247)8/28/2001 12:01:40 PM
From: Tony Viola  Respond to of 186894
 
John, >Speech recognition might be a compelling feature in a handheld. Better than trying to type on a mini keyboard.

Now that you mention it, yes. I hadn't even noticed that point. I should read what I post!

Tony