Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 16:40:14 +0100 From: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk> To: what ever <thursday@sdf.lonestar.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pentium-4 v. pentium-3 Message-ID: <7147317.1003509614@geko> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.4.33.0110191507001.8943-100000@sdf.lonestar.org> References: <Pine.NEB.4.33.0110191507001.8943-100000@sdf.lonestar.org>
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On 19 October 2001 15:12 +0000 what ever wrote, > Hi, > > So, it's time to upgrade to a new machine (I'm still using an old P2-266), > and I'm trying to decide between a Pentium-3 & a Pentium-4. This machine > will run FreeBSD only, and will serve as a workstation/router/low-traffic > webserver/samba fileserver. I don't need a 2gig processor or > anything...(my p2-266 is idle most of the time anyway). Erm, so why upgrade? - I have a number of IBM 'Blue Lightning' (486-in-a-386 like package) machines around here (running things like Samba, firewalls, low-volume sendmail, ftp etc.), and they're mostly idle, thus no point in upgrading that I can see :) -Kp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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