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To: van wang who wrote (22968)	3/22/1998 7:31:00 PM
From: rudedog	Respond to of 97611

VW - lighten up. your point is well taken - almost nobody has a 'need' for anything much faster than a 200 MMX pentium on their desktop, nobody with any sense argues the point and if someone wants to take it up I will point them to research that demonstrates the fact. Performance for any of the current desktop productivity or access software is not bottlenecked on the processor. The only difference will be that your CPU will be at 7% utilization instead of 15, waiting on disk or network services. Having said that, there are always those who want (or need) the fastest thing they can lay hands on, and developers have a habit of writing code that uses up all available resource on whatever machines are current. I think that's finagle's second law. There is nothing about the PII vs pentium that is any different than the hundreds of generations that have come before. I did not intend to insult you or your friends but only to add my perspective to the thread. BTW my credentials are pretty good in this area but you are certainly entitled to your opinion.