From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Mar 22 2:17:33 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from gator.adeptscience.co.uk (gator.adeptscience.co.uk [193.116.153.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC94514BDA for ; Mon, 22 Mar 1999 02:17:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from reese@chem.duke.edu) Received: from toucan.adeptscience.co.uk (toucan.adeptscience.co.uk [193.119.170.10]) by gator.adeptscience.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id KAA28059; Mon, 22 Mar 1999 10:16:54 GMT (envelope-from reese@chem.duke.edu) Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19990322101608.00715a90@chem.duke.edu> X-Sender: reese@chem.duke.edu (Unverified) X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 10:16:08 +0000 To: reese@chem.duke.edu From: Charles Reese Subject: Re: P-II vs K6-2 Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, peter.jeremy@auss2.alcatel.com.au Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message <199903160902.KAA23875@cicero1.cybercity.dk>, "Rudy Gireyev" writes: >> In message <99Mar16.183042est.40331@border.alcanet.com.au>, Peter Jeremy writes >> : >> >I'm looking at buying a new system to augment my aging 486DX2-50. >> > >> >Would anyone like to comment on either a Tekram P5MVP-B4 with a K6-2 >> >processor, or a Tekram BX-series with a P-II? (I prefer the K6-2 >> >because I see no reason to support Intel's virtual monopoly). > >Without knowing what the system is going to be used for? > >> I have a couple of k6-2 systems running and are very happy with them, >> I don't see much reason to spend the extra money unless I want SMP. > >Then surely you've looked at buying Celerons first, right? :-) No, they're almost twice as expensive for the same performance... -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Reese, PhD * STAY IN TOUCH WITH YOUR CUSTOMERS BY EMAIL. * 919-544-7217 * Run your own Majordomo email list in your own * reese@ourway.com * virtual domain using the simple MajorCool web * www.ourway.com * interface. * * Very low setup and monthly rates. * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message