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On Thu, 30 Oct 1997 16:25:38 -0800, Randal Whittle wrote: >Attention all 701 "Butterfly" owners: > >Emanuel Brown and I have worked out an arrangement with PEP where they will >do this CPU upgrade on my 701C machine (currently a 486/75 machine with the >720 MB HD and a 16 MB RAM module installed) for a nominal cost. > >The deal is that I am to run the various "real world" tests & benchmarks on >the upgrade machine and report to everyone on the list (and I presume Mr. >Brown will report it on his web page as well) for your consumption--so you >can see whether the CPU upgrade delivers the significant speed increase >that makes it worth your while to pay for the upgrade or not. > >Now here's the problem that needs to be solved: What suite of "tests" do >you want me to run? I would like to see a consensus among the 701 users >about what constitutes a fair & unbiased test suite that would give you the >information necessary to make a judgement about whether PEP's CPU upgrade >delivers the goods or not. > >Until we have that consensus, there is no point to my taking up PEP's time >and money to do this--you have to be "on board" as it were, concerning the >fairness and accuracy of the tests' results in the real world. I offer my >own skeptical and unbiased independence in performing them, but I await >your collective decision regarding *what* tests should be run. > >Ideally, I want this settled so I can run the tests on the current "stock" >machine before I send it in for the upgrade--so you have a true "before & >after" set of test results. > >I await your decision... > > If possible, try to do tests on OS/2 Warp 3 or 4, and NT 4.0. Maybe try a test with a DOS game, the PC Mag benchmarks, and the battery test, because we don't know what difference the upgrade will make on the battery life. Paul