On or about 01-03-06 12:53, TOM WALKER did engage JAMES BRADLEY

 JB> TW> Come on Now, what practical CPU upgrade do you see for a 466 and 366
 JB> TW> Celeron???

 JB>I know one will accept a 900MHz VIA chip, and the ATX
 JB>will take a Slot 1 CPU
 JB>(PII?)

 JB>Double to triple the speed - I'd say so. The first is a...


 TW>  Tripiling the Speed of the CPU WILL NOT TRIPLE the speed of the
 TW>  computer operation by a long ways. In fact things like memory Speed
 TW>  and ammount, HD speed etc are FAR more important then Raw CPU speed in
 TW>  "overall" system speed..

That's *you* po-poing the bottlenecks. With sufficient RAM, one could always
run quite a bit in a RAM drive. Besides, who needs to use a swap file (Well...
Often.) if there's enough of the same?

I never said the throughput of data from a floppy drive to a printer would
increase by two to three times. I only point out that the CPU speed can
obviously double to triple before I grow tired of the toys. The platforms are
more than ample to keep my curiosity fuelled, and the OS I'm stickin' to 'em is
more than snappy enough for all but the most demanding power monger. 

It would take many thousands of dollars to supplant my ring of 'obsolete'
equipment, and until I *need* the new features offered by a three thousand
dollar box, I should be able to pick one up for a pittance.

Sorry, Tom. YOU go buy that bright new box, and I'll pick it up for free when
you're done with it.


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