HP> I think you're overspending for a lot of excess baggage.
HP> Take a look at the -166MMX config on the same page for
HP> $2199, or the -200MMX on the back page for $2399, or the
HP> straight -166 for $1799. Personally, I'd buy the straight
HP> -166 sans monitor (about -$200), and get my own 17" tube.
HP> ... But then, I'm a poor guy I like cheap stuff, and I'm
HP> handy with flipping parts around.
Much computer buying is vanity purchasing just like the four- wheel-drive 
sport utility vehicles used only to commute on North Central Expressway...  I 
did an upgrade two months ago to a  6x86L P-150/166 motherboard for $215 plus 
32 MB of EDO RAM for $115.  For $330 I got performance that's within 40% of a 
Pentium Pro 200 with 512K cache and 128MB of RAM ($1700 mo'board/CPU/RAM) 
except on f.p.  Using both machines, I don't normally notice a difference.  
(I don't usually use software that stresses the f.p. unit, though,and here 
Intel has a bigger edge.)
The Pentium Pro 200 isn't mine.  Would I consider paying $1370 out of my 
pocket for the slight performance differences?  No way! If I had that kind of 
$, there are lots of other things I'd spend it on first...
I should point out that my endorsement is of the new Cyrix/IBM 2.8 volt 
6x86L, not the old "space heater" 6x86.  And buy the P150+, not the P166+ as 
I'm told the only difference is in the label, that they test them all at 133 
MHz.  In any case, I haven't seen a 6x86L P150 that didn't run perfectly as a 
P166+ (133MHz.)  AMD also has some real value-for-the-buck CPUs with more to 
come.
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