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Subject: Re: Amd Thoroughbred benchtest

Author: Sean Mintz

Date: 16:28:10 05/06/02

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On May 06, 2002 at 18:59:47, Slater Wold wrote:

>On May 06, 2002 at 17:21:19, Dan Andersson wrote:
>
>>While the P4 is faster at a whole slew of things. It cannot speed up your
>>internet connection. Physical impossibility, for chrissake! That's Intel FUD.
>>Just my 2 cents. ;)
>
>ACTUALLY.........
>
>I have a PP 200mhz sitting here.
>
>It takes the 200mhz 24 seconds to load www.microsoft.com.
>
>It take my 1.73Ghz 3 seconds to load www.microsoft.com.
>
>On the same connection, using the same OS.
>
>Go figure.
>
>>MvH Dan Andersson

Well there's probably other factors affecting the slower computer. There is
probably a slower hard drive which, for example,would slow down saving pictures
(possibly significantly).



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