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On Thu, 17 Jul 97 19:15:33 HST, David Ross wrote: >> that and there is no getting around it. The TP701 can be upgraded to the AMD >> 5X86/100mhz processor which is the response equivalent of the Pentium 75, it > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >This implies that an AMD586-100 upgraded 701 will be as fast as a native >P75 laptop. This is likely false. The AMD is a super chip, but anyone >interested in big systemic results will likely be disappointed. Since >PEPsales has been promising real-world benchmark comparisons for a while >without delivering, I suggest interested readers look at the ZD >results posted at www.gainbery.com. Ignore CPU-specific benchmarks >(like CPUmark), on which the AMD does very well, and look at systemic >results like Winstone. > >- David > > And the other thing is that the AMD 586-100 is only 32 bit, not 64 like the Pentium I think, plus the Pentium has the 16K cache. Doesn't the AMD have only 8K? It seems that since the AMD is still only 32 bit, it wouldn't have as much an impact on total system performance as the Pentium. Am I correct everyone? Paul Regards, Paul Khoury pkhoury@earthlink.net