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To: K. M. Strickler who wrote (38111)	4/16/1998 11:31:00 AM
From: Meathead	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

100Mhz SDRAM controlled by the BX has identical speed and throughput regardless of whether it's made by Hitachi, Samsung, Goldstar, TI, Micron etc. These systems don't support EDO, only 100Mhz PCSDRAM compliant modules which are electrically.... identical The I/O subsystem is identical. The only conceivable difference would be the hard drives here of which they didn't give specs on. However, hard drives at that price range today are UDMA 33/66 compliant so speed differences again are negligable. Capacity and price differentiate. The difference is rated as a full 10% performance delta between the Dell and Gateway system (211 vs. 233). They say the GTW outperformes in almost every WinSpeed category. This is virtually impossible. The dirty little secret within the industry is that indeed, publications skew results to favor particular systems. It happens with Dell also. These studies do have somewhat of an impact on individuals and very small business purchase decisions but don't really influence med. to large business purchases. IT managers know that rag comparisons don't mean anything and that performance deltas are truly miniscule these days. They buy for different reasons. That's one reason why Dell is intensely focused on TCO. MEATHEAD