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From: phil@pepsi.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
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Subject: Re: Brain-dead 286 - summary
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Date: 9 Mar 90 18:05:24 GMT
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In article <1990Mar8.182345.11823@seri.gov> marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl) writes:
|Once again we find ourselves on differing sides of an issue.  The 286
|is costing users and developers a fortune.  Trying to shoehorn modern
|applications into a 16-bit address space is very expensive.  This drives
|up software costs for users.  Developers have to develop for two platforms.

Who is forcing the developers to develop for the 286? The people who own
them, obviously, with all the money they are waving at the developers.
If the 286 owners think it's more economical to get software for
their hardware instead of new software on new hardware, then that's
their decision to make.

|Sure, you can save a couple hundred on a 286.  But what is that compared
|to the cost of the ENTIRE system - hardware AND software.  Peanuts.

I think the question was, what does buying a 386 get you? I am pointing
out that there is lots of life left in the 286. I don't like to see
false claims for 386 systems (like WfW running better on a 386) go
unchallenged.

Sure there are people for whom the 386 is the right choice. I just
want to expose all the pertinent facts.

|Phil.  Please throw that old junker on the trash heap.  People like you

If you are referring to what I personally use and own, you don't
know. And it is irrelevant. Your choice and my choice is not the right
choice for everyone. The proper thing to do is explain all the issues
involved to the potential buyer.

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