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At 02:30 PM 4/14/97 +0200, Christoph Eyrich wrote: >1. If you had to pay roughly the same for either the > >TP560 with P120, 8MB, 810 MB, TFT > >or the > >TP560 with P133, 8MB, 2GB, DSTN > >which model would you buy? I know that TFT is definitely >better but 810MB isn't a lot of diskspace if you need >two operating systems. >Given that there is no 2nd level cache, will you >notice the performance difference between both processors? Nada--well, at least minimal. As far as the CPU goes, the difference in speed is about 10%. I really wouldn't consider that a real factor in the decision. What it boils down to is whether you're willing to trade off the less-attractive screen for the bigger hard drive (or conversely, the nicer screen for the smaller HD). I look at it this way: You can always upgrade your hard drive, but you'll never be able to upgrade your screen. If the 810 MB will get you by for a while, go with that one--you can always get a bigger HD later. As for screens, I'm partial to the TFT's--especially now that the price difference between a DSTN model and a TFT model (all else equal) is about $500. To me, that's a difference worth paying. Maybe I'm just spoiled--I'm the guy who got a 750 Dual Scan and then returned it for a TFT model and have never looked back since--I've since bought a 701 and a 560, both TFT's. No regrets. For what its worth, I have the first config. you describe. Its been 7 or 8 months and only now (that I see a great deal on a 2.1 GB drive) am I thinking of getting a HD upgrade. But at least that's an option to me, unlike a screen upgrade if you had the DSTN. ------- Randy Whittle rwhittle@usa.net Marshall Graduate School of Business at USC http://www-scf.usc.edu/~whittle I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being first and foremost, and as such I am for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole. - Malcolm X