From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Mar 16 1: 2:47 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from macbeth.cnmnetwork.com (macbeth.cnmnetwork.com [209.79.28.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4C990150F1 for ; Tue, 16 Mar 1999 01:02:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rgireyev@cnmnetwork.com) Received: (qmail 7400 invoked from network); 16 Mar 1999 01:02:35 -0800 Received: from 209-79-252-30.max-tnt-04.wla.ca.us.cnmnetwork.com (HELO develop1) (209.79.252.30) by macbeth.cnmnetwork.com with SMTP; 16 Mar 1999 01:02:35 -0800 From: "Rudy Gireyev" To: Poul-Henning Kamp , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, peter.jeremy@auss2.alcatel.com.au Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 01:03:48 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: P-II vs K6-2 Reply-To: rgireyev@cnmnetwork.com Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG References: Your message of "Tue, 16 Mar 1999 18:43:00 +1000." <99Mar16.183042est.40331@border.alcanet.com.au> In-reply-to: <26507.921573889@critter.freebsd.dk> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.01d) Message-Id: <19990316090245.4C990150F1@hub.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > 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? :-) > > -- > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message