Hello Derek!
Thursday April 02 1998 02:16, Derek Steel wrote to Peter Garner:
 DS > Nude Greetings Peter,
 DS > 31 Mar 98 12:56, Peter Garner wrote to Lynn Nash:
 JM>>> from my calculations, a pentium II based processor would
 JM>>> have to have about twice the clock rate to out gun a
 JM>>> pentium pro if all else remains the same.
 PG>> What is the deal with the Pentium II vs. Pentium Pro?  I
 PG>> thought that the 333 Mhz Pentium II would run 32 bit code
 PG>> (like OS/2) as well as a Pentium Pro?  I have just
 PG>> purchased a 333 Mhz Pentium II, would I have been better
 PG>> off with a Pentium Pro?  What is the highest clock rate on
 PG>> a Pentium Pro?
 DS > The best speed of Pentium Pro is still 200mhz
and this is more than a match for any pentium II's that will ever be 
roduced,
(untill they go back to the basic ppro architecture, which won;t happen in a
hurry because of the costs) untill they bring out the merced .. if it does 
make
it to market in oem quantities before 2000.
intel has just proved (yet again) you get what you pay for and that quality
comes at a cost, as well as this old chestnut all that glitters is not gold.
ps please reply by email if you need to continue.
cheers
Jonathan
... i do what i can, with what i have, are you able to say the same ?
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