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- From: steve@fulcrum.oz.au (Steve Taylor)
- Subject: Re: 486 vs. 386
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.001125.15480@fulcrum.oz.au>
- Organization: The Fulcrum Consulting Group
- References: <1992Nov10.213327.9439@mksol.dseg.ti.com> <1992Nov11.164527.23898@exu.ericsson.se>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 00:11:25 GMT
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- exuhag@exu.ericsson.se (James Hague) writes:
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- >Now think about what the 486 is capable of. There are very few
- >people who need that sort of power. It is mostly a marketing thing;
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- I'm sure there's a marketing component, but really, some people *do* need
- that much power and more. Heavy graphics users in particular can never get
- enough processor speed. An acquaintance of mine just finished a small 3d
- film, using high end Silicon Graphics workstations. The rendering time was
- 12 days.
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- >James Hague
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- Steve Taylor
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