Gregg: This has to be off topic, so I'll probably here about it, however, you're about rite. I do Macs because they may not be the best thing going but the're way ahead of whatever is in second place.
I also build an occasional PC just to break things up a little. I've got a little 486 ( AMD 5x 86 )/133mhz processor PC windows/95 with 128mb of RAM I built up that runs like a pentium 1 /200mhz It only has one problem WINDOZE Not bad technology, but they only took enough good stuff from OS to make people think it was easy but any way you look at it, in my opinion, unless you were hand fed on DOS and windows, since birth, it's still a "distress in the derear" Thanks for the empathetic ear Jim Lunceford ------------------------------------ Gregg Eshelman wrote: > --- Chris McFadden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I have to agree with 3.1 on a 386. I've got an old > > laptop with a 486/25 that > > positively crawls with Win95. > > That's because it's only 25Mhz. ;P The 40Mhz CPU and > bus speed that makes the IIfx "wicked fast" also > makes the 386DX/40 "wicked fast", for a 386. ;) > > The 486 really didn't come into it's own until the > DX2/66. IMHO, the maximum potential of the 040 was > never even approached. Too bad there never was an > 040 running at 100Mhz on a 50Mhz bus. There was > a 486 like that but it was rare, mainly because > there were (expletive) few motherboards that were > stable at 50Mhz. But wow, were they fast in their > (short) day. > > Hmm, if only there was an alternate universe where > Apple kept on with the 68k CPU line.... ;) A 2.2Ghz > 68090? -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
