Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 15:50:05 +1000 From: Stephen McKay <syssgm@detir.qld.gov.au> To: Tom Embt <tom@embt.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, syssgm@detir.qld.gov.au Subject: Re: P-II vs K6-2 Message-ID: <199903180550.PAA21032@nymph.detir.qld.gov.au> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19990316144457.0070c540@mail.embt.com> from Tom Embt at "Tue, 16 Mar 1999 14:44:57 -0500" References: <3.0.3.32.19990316144457.0070c540@mail.embt.com>
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On Tuesday, 16th March 1999, Tom Embt wrote: >IMO Shopping list should include: > Intel Celeron 300A (either get the retail or buy a seperate fan) > Abit BH-6 or BX6-2 motherboard > Inwin A-500 ATX midtower case (if you need an ATX case) > 64MB of PC100 (beware some stuff marked PC100 is NOT PC100) Although I agree with everything you have written (from a performance and value for money point of view), I still buy AMD chips for political reasons. Strange, but true. I just think that Intel are being complete bastards, and that AMD chips are cheap enough (compared to eating, house payments and running a car) and work well enough that I can buy them just to spite Intel. When the K7 comes out, I might not even have to pick the poor performer to do so. FreeBSD runs fine, and I also can attest to many enjoyable wasted hours playing Half-Life. :-) Stephen. PS Further discussion of this aspect (if any) should probably move to -chat. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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