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Subject: Re: Are Compaq AMD Business PCs as good for chess as Personal PC's?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 17:16:53 11/18/02

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On November 17, 2002 at 14:04:47, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On November 15, 2002 at 11:57:13, Anthony Cozzie wrote:
>
>>I've never really understood the distinction between business and personal
>>(except that business PCs usually do not have speakers/sound and sometimes have
>>SCSI)
>>
>>anthony
>
>
>Another difference is that "personal" computers often have video cards that are
>better for 3D games.  Also perhaps extra software in the
>entertainment/educational area as opposed to Office-type software in a business
>system.  But certainly business & personal PCs overlap a lot these days.


Another issue is the motherboard chipset.  IE Intel has a couple for the
PIV xeon, one for "workstations" and one for "servers".  The server chipset
E7500 is a bit better in every way, but more pricey...



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