Re: what's the best chip for RH?

[Laslo Fodor <laslo laslo-web com>]

z mcdermott wrote:

> On Sun, 29 Jun 1997, Laslo Fodor wrote:
>
> > >                      with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
> >
> >   To respond to the above,
> >
> > As a computer tech I can tell you that the K6 is NOT Pentium II.
> class
> > but pentium class, don't fall for the ads, that is what they want
> you to
> > think. It is based on old pentium architecture and only have made
> slight
> > changes to it. Don't forget that they number their processors one
> > generation ahead. Pentium (586) is 6 and the 486 was 5!!!
> NOT.  The K6 is hardly based on 'old pentium archetecture'.. get real
> man.
> It's based on the NexGen RISC chip that AMD bought out about a year
> and a half ago.  The k5 and k6 are completely different (well more
> different than the Pentium pro is to PentiumII) as they were designed
> by
> different people (and company).
>
> >
> > As far as the K6, I would not mess with it. It is ok for win95 but
> for
> > more advanced OS it is sort of like a joke. Win95 is faster on it
> then
> > some K6 systems but NT is NOT and because of this and some other
> > factors, I would safely assume that your best buy is a pentium II
> but I
> > would wait until Intel drops prices which they did announce already!
> As
> > far as pentium pro....well, I am not to crazy about them unless you
> are
> > ONLY running NT and that is it.
>
> NT?? he wants to run linux, man.  The pentium pro is a kick ass Linux
> processor (so is pentium II probably).  I am waiting to hear
> some K6 -linux stories.. I am probably going with the K6.. why? Cos i
> don't want to have to buy a new motherboard for pentiumII and the
> price is
> right.
>
> (hell if you have the money why not get dual or quad pentium pro's..
> that'll do you just fine.. forget pentiumII)
>
> -z

  Well to respond, you do have a point although I do think we are
missing each others points. I do agree on the dual and quad petium pro
factors, but I do have to say I DO NOT agree with what you had to say
about the K6....Sorry! Yes you are right about some of the factors
involved in the architecture but by no means completely correct. You
see, the question of instruction sets comes in, which is a completely
independent factor. Linux (as far as I know) does not use some or even
many instructions available (correct me if I am wromg on this one.) On
the other hand, who knows. As you are, I am also waiting for results to
come in. I am ready to switch on my linux system IF results say that it
is better for it. As far as NT goes (and you are right I do ramble on
about NT) there is quite a bit of evidence about Pentium II being
better. As far as for Linux it is hard to say and for the most part I am
leaning against NO it may not make much difference, and you were right
Dual & quad pentium pro (even 256k) will do just fine. Hope this helps
to clear it up a little.... Hope to hear from you soon (I think we are
saying the same thing in different words, but I could be wrong!) :)


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                                        Laslo Fodor

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