Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 12:46:42 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: tom@sdf.com (Tom Samplonius) Cc: Anthony.Kimball@East.Sun.COM, steve@visint.co.uk, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What computer to buy ? Message-ID: <199708211946.MAA15302@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970821112554.10438A-100000@misery.sdf.com> from "Tom Samplonius" at Aug 21, 97 11:32:20 am
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Tom Samplonius wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, Tony Kimball wrote:
>
> > Quoth Stephen Roome on Thu, 21 August:
> > : futureproof (ish) without buying an excessively overpriced Pentium II.
> >
> > Pentium II is just about the opposite of futureproof -- it is planned
> > obsolescence: Slot 1 has a very short lifetime plan.
>
> But all Intel CPUs have planned obsolescence. There is only so much you
> can do with CPU development and keep the connector the same.
>
> Besides a typical CPU costs almost twice as much a the motherboard, so
> who cares about whether the connector is going to change? In a year, the
> mb isn't going to be worth anything, anyhow.
>
> BTW, don't get screwed on PII 266 prices. Prices have already dropped,
> but some are still selling at old prices.
buying things that are just going out of favor can get you
good hardware at very good prices. (trailing edge technology?)
how about dual pentium pro-166MHz 512kB L2
Gigabyte 686DX, Natome, EIDE
64MB, ATX case
$1374
Intel Pentium II 266 512K
$697
Intel Pentium II 233 512K
$580
Intel Pentium Pro 200 512K
$968
Intel Pentium Pro 200 256K
$504
Intel Pentium Pro 180 256K
$368
Intel Pentium Pro 166 512K
$318
Intel Pentium Pro 150 256K
$208
prices from www.atipa.com.
jmb
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