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To: Scumbria who wrote (53340)3/24/1999 2:54:00 AM
From: Gary Ng  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1583407
 
Scumbria, Re: Note that the $/Winstone of a 450 MHz PII is almost 300% that of a 333 MHz, yet the performance gain is less than 15%.

This proves how many stupid guys out there(and the number
is really large).

Gary




To: Scumbria who wrote (53340)3/24/1999 3:47:00 AM
From: Amy J  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1583407
 
Scumbria, how many guys purchase a diamond which is 10% larger yet 100% more costly?

Being practical saves.

Amy J



To: Scumbria who wrote (53340)3/24/1999 9:42:00 AM
From: grok  Respond to of 1583407
 
re: <Note that the $/Winstone of a 450 MHz PII is almost 300% that of a
333 MHz, yet the performance gain is less than 15%.>

Yes, this is an old story that still doesn't seem to have sunken in with PC buyers. But it is a bigger threat to Intel than AMD is.


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