Re: Low memory machines

Alex Buell (alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk)
Wed, 8 Jul 1998 22:35:55 -0400 (EDT)


On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, Anthony Barbachan wrote:

> Not quite true. 486DX4-100 is faster than P66. 486DX4-133 is faster than
> P75. (according to benchmarks under Win95 and lower)

*Bzzt* According to what I've been told, that's nonsense. I wouldn't trust
Windows95 benchmarks. The only true benchmark is how well an superior
operating system uses the resources of the system. Linux does
exceptionally well on a 486DX and even better on a Pentium.

So, a P66 would actually be faster than a 486DX4/100 on Linux, and
P75 would be faster than a 486DX4/133 again, on Linux.

DO NOT TRUST WINDOWS 95! It's telling you porkies and parts of it is still
16 bits! Sorry, couldn't resist that one.

Cheers,
Alex

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