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From: tmurphy%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Thomas Murphy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Why buy a DX over an SX?
Message-ID: <1991Apr9.232711.20938@hellgate.utah.edu>
Date: 10 Apr 91 05:27:11 GMT
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A dx can but you a couple things....one is speed but this is a relative thing
and hard to measure  as it depends on memory, disc, and application.  I
think that for most people and even businesses that an SX will really fill
the bill and with the money you save you can buy the math chip or actually
have a head start on it....if you are really going to crunch numbers jump
to a 486 as it is cheaper than the 386/387 combo and faster too...
If you are contemplating going to os-2 or unix you really want 32 bits or
just want to toss money but I say an sx for most with plenty of memory and
a cookin hard-drive....it is really more the limiter of your system.

murph