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From: byrnes@ge-dab.GE.COM (Arthur J. Byrnes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: PC Brand
Keywords: Any problems?
Message-ID: <1378@ge-dab.GE.COM>
Date: 30 Sep 88 20:54:45 GMT
References: <256@edg1.UUCP> <1063@bucket.UUCP>
Reply-To: byrnes@ge-dab.UUCP (Arthur J. Byrnes)
Organization: GE Simulation & Control Systems Dept., Daytona Beach, FL
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In article <1063@bucket.UUCP> leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson) writes:
>In article <256@edg1.UUCP> grumpy@edg1.UUCP (Eric Schwarz) writes:
><A friend of mine is thinking of buying the 15Mhz V20 based PC clone from
                                             ^^^^  ^^^ watch out!!!!
>
>Well, I've been wondering ever since I saw the first ad for a 15 Mhz PC....
>
>What on *earth* do they expect you to use for a math coprocessor? The fastest

Tell your friend to be careful and read the ad very,
very closely.
Some not so decient companies are calling their 10mhz
machines 15mhz because they put in a V20.  In the small
print they do tell you that it "Performs like a 15mhz
8086, because of the increased speed of te V20. Acording
to test results from Norton's SI program."

I personally think that this is disgusting marketing, 
since the computer doesn't actuall run at 15mz, and 
as we all know, Norton's program is not a real good
measure of the porformance.
  
I would tell your friend not to buy that make of 
machine, if that is the case.

-- 
Arthur J. Byrnes
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Disclaimer; These views are those only of the author, Arthur.