From owner-freebsd-smp Tue Jun 30 01:00:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA27022 for freebsd-smp-outgoing; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 01:00:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from proxy4.ba.best.com (root@proxy4.ba.best.com [206.184.139.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA26922 for ; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 00:59:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from spadger@best.com) Received: from best.com (dynamic44.pm05.sf3d.best.com [209.24.235.44]) by proxy4.ba.best.com (8.8.8/8.8.BEST) with ESMTP id AAA22015; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 00:58:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <35989A91.BBF90786@best.com> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 00:58:09 -0700 From: Andy Sparrow Organization: Not likely. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rotel@indigo.ie CC: freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPro vs PII References: <199806300210.DAA03914@indigo.ie> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Niall Smart wrote: > On Jun 29, 4:18pm, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > } Subject: Re: PPro vs PII > > > > It also doesn't address price/performance considerations. I went > > with a dual PPro system simply because I stumbled upon a great > > deal. On the other hand, I got that great deal because PPro's > > any left? Lots and lots. www.pricewatch.com will point you at plenty. Intel Providence board with integrated 2940UW, 10/100 EtherExpress and sound ~= $99. Various places, or www.compgeeks.com. Micron W6-Li in various configurations from $59 to $150 (www.onsale.com have a load). 128Mb ECC EDO DIMM (buffered, to suit 440FX) ~= $170. PPro 180/256 ~= $99 each. PPro 166/512 ~= $145 each. Bought my 166s new, OEM from Micro-Xpress, running perfectly happily @ 233Mhz :=) HTH, AS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message