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On Wed, 15 Oct 1997, Paul Khoury wrote: > I haven't compared these machines, but from reading magazine articles, like > PC MAG's reviews, it says that sometimes faster processors really aren't that much > faster than say 133 compared to a 120, or even a 100, and they are usually slower > than their desktop counterparts. Try looking up the Intel benchmark, what ever it was called, > ICOMP or something like that. I suppose that subtle differences might be there, though. They should have a fairly large difference in performance. Since thr regular 560 doesn't have L2 cache my P120 TP560 performs about like a regular P90 desktop. OTOH, a TP560E with a P150 and L2 cache should be at least equal to a P133 desktop in speed. The doubling of L1 cache and addition of mostly useless MMX instructions [I do have a MMX desktop CPU BTW] means it should be at least as fast as a standard Pentium 166 desktop IMHO. The increase in L1 cache size alone makes a P166MMX slightly faster than a regular P200, so it should make a P150MMX faster than a regular P166. I've been drooling over the new 560E's and wondering if I could get a dual scan 560E and swap displays with my 12.1" active TP560-120. OTOH, this one is fast enough for what I do. With what I do on it it is about as fast as my P250MMX [overclocking is fun] desktop. ============================================================================ ==== Steve Parker ==== San Luis Obispo, CA ==== Multi-OS & Multitasking ==== ============================================================================