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To: Yousef who wrote (42380)	11/29/1998 10:25:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572872

"Most people in business run in this type of mode ... Obviously most "old guys" in Florida, don't. <ggg>"... Sounds good doesn't Yousef? Trouble is that most businesses are lucky to know one or two apps. Down hear in FL we do the SCUBAstone 99. Strap the chip on the tank and see which one works at 100 feet. Really puts the chip under stress... Jim

To: Yousef who wrote (42380)	11/29/1998 11:10:00 PM
From: Maxwell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572872

Yousef: <<BTW Jim, I tend to run about 3-4 applications at the same time (at work). These are typically Netscape, MSWord, an E-mail app, and PowerPoint. Most people in business run in this type of mode ... Obviously most "old guys" in Florida, don't. <ggg>>> You run all 3-4 applications simultaneously or you open them all and work on 1 at a time? If you happen to run at one at a time then there is no noticeable difference between a K6-2 and PII when you are in Netscape, MSWord, an E-mail app, or PowerPoint. Most of the time you are limited by how fast you can type or in your case THINK. Maxwell

To: Yousef who wrote (42380)	12/1/1998 12:46:00 AM
From: Petz	Respond to of 1572872

Yousef, re:<I run 3-4 apps at a time, etc., etc.> We all do that, unless we're running in 32 Megs. But Winbench 99 goes beyond reason by switching between applications while they are performing macros, doing 5000 page search and replaces, and recalculating humongous spreadsheets. Having Navigator, a spreadsheet I loaded 15 minutes ago and an old Word document sitting at the bottom of my screen while I edit a Powerpoint presentation does not exercise my CPU any more than opening these apps one at a time. In fact, even a background download barely requires any multitasking since even a fast web connection requires little CPU usage. The fact is, real business and hobbyist applications require user interaction to get anything accomplished. Whatever applications are sitting on the toolbar soon, if not instantly, run out of things to do. If this were not so, we wouldn't have to bother coming to work! ZD is totally wacky, but it will kill Intel on the rebound as the K6-3 will do relatively BETTER on Winbench 99. Petz Petz