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Robert Dewar wrote: > > thanks Randy for your long and detailed review, one point: ... > > I wonder if this calculation is right. I have been quite surprised to find > that my 133MHz Tecra is well over twice as fast as my 90MHz 760CD. The > one benchmark I saw showed the 133MHz thinkpad as slightly faster than the > Tecra, so let's assume that it is at least *as* fast. > That means that I am seeing something other than raw MHz speed of the > processor (disk and memory are comparable). How do the machines compare re: L2 cache? This can cause a big speed difference. Also, the bus speed of a 133 is 33Mhz, of a 90 is only 30Mhz, so you've got a 10% difference there. What 'measurements' show the Tecra as being faster? Processor, disk, video, "overall feel"? Steve -- Steve Rodrigues | Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and Expatriate Texan | sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty UC Berkeley, Dept. of EECS | diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they steverod@cs.berkeley.edu | are gone forever. -- Horace Mann