Re: Commentary: I Hate to Leave Like This

[Damin@damage.cleve.fnet.org]

    tdrew@OCF.Berkeley.EDU (Frank M. Lin), saw reply that needed
    answering. It was called "Re: Commentary: I Hate to Leave Like This":

>About 486 and stuff:
>Yeah, they're decent, but they also have lots of darksides, lame
>*DOS (all kinds), IRQ settings, inherent design limits (VLB...).

Ahh!!! But they have something that the GS nor the Macintosh platforms have in
the form of Linnux. It's really a killer OS for free! ;)

>And don't be fooled to buy a 486 now and upgrade to a Pentium
>later, most if not all of the 486 motherboards out there are 32
>bit still, and you won't be able to take advantage of what the
>Pentium really can offer.

Well, the Pentium doesn't really offer all that much. It's got a lot of
"kludges" inherent to the chip in order to make it X86 compatible.

(Not trying to start an arguement, just spewing out an alternate view! :)

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