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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 will take a Slot 1 CPU
JB>(PII?)
JB> TW> Even if you got the slightly faster CPU Free is the performance
JB> TW> increase really worth the effort.
JB>Double to triple the speed - I'd say so. The first is a "Pocket PC", and the
JB>third used to run 24x7 as a TV tuner/vid control centre. Linux is a SMOKIN O
JB>for the Pocket PC, and it worked the K6 better than W98 when I tried it
JB>yesterday.
Tripiling the Speed of the CPU WILL NOT TRIPLE the speed of the
computer operation by a long ways. In fact things like memory Speed
and ammount, HD speed etc are FAR more important then Raw CPU speed in
"overall" system speed..
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