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From: lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: INFO ON NEW GATEWAY 2000 COMPUTERS??
Message-ID: <1991May15.031341.12130@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 15 May 91 03:13:41 GMT
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bnk@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Bob N Keenan) writes:


>Hello-

>  I install computer systems on the university campus here and I usually
>  install GATEWAY 2000's.  I also own a 386-20MHz from Gateway.  Today
>  I installed a couple of NEW gateway 386sx's and learned that they have 
>  that these 386sx's 16MHZ just blow my 386/20 away when it comes to WINDOWS!!
>  It is noticably MUCH FASTER, and my question is how is this done??? and
>  why are these SX's faster than my 20mhz dx????  any info would be appreciated.  thanks....

Just from scanning the new ads from Gateway, I see that the new SX's
are 20 MHz SX's with CPU caches.  This would give an immense speed
improvement in some applications.
Really doesn't make me happy...I just bought a 16 MHz Gateway
386SX...they are giving me $85 for their lowering of the price of my
machine, though.  (I got them to take off the shipping, etc...but
the rebate assumes I paid full price for my machine.  Oh, well)

-- 
David Lemson   University of Illinois Computing Services Consultant
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