>>>>> "Hamish" == Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hamish> I think you're overlooking the Cyrix unfairly. A Cyrix Hamish> 6x86-P166 costs about 1/3rd of the price of a Pentium 166 Hamish> here in Australia, and according to the benchmarks, Hamish> integer performance exceeds the Intel chip. Sorry, I did indeed overlook the Cyrix. Nothing against it! Hamish> Intel's prices are extortion in comparison. Agreed! Hamish> To date, AMD K5 chips are only available in fairly low Hamish> speeds, Pentium 100 equivalent or so. Pentium 100 seems to Hamish> be a little below entry level here now. Yeah, I hate to admit it, but not long ago I naively purchased a 133Mhz AMD. I wasn't too pleased when I read in my motherboard manual that this is equivalent to a 100Mhz Intel Pentium! Let the buyer beware. -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]