Author: Zachariah Amela
Date: 19:29:40 08/22/99
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> >1) Clones Alphas are much much cheaper. Who makes the Alpha clones? I've heard a lot of talk about these, but yet to see and ad. > >2) Salvage value can't be that high. I have a Polywell 533 mhz Alpha and I >can't figure out why anyone else would want it. My old Intel boxes are handed >down to my kids and work great for them. Diddo on the hand-v-downs. Wife loves 'em (yeah right). But seriously, why are they so bad for salvage? I would think an Alpha 533 would have some value. It could be a heck of a mail server. Just curios. > >3) Performance is not that fantastic. You may get ahead of the curve for a bit, >but the Intel machines catch up quickly and there you are with something that >won't play Mech Warrior 3. Can't say I care about Mech Warrior or any other games for that matter. I work with databases nonstop (hmmm....data) and chess programs when I'm feeling like a slacker. But back to the original point. What type of performance increase would I expect over say a PIII/550? Would it be worth it? Cost wise? > >4) The line of questionable longevity. I know that Intel will be around in five >years but Alpha might not be. Reason? Alpha seems to clean up when it was first released. Are the standard Intel based systems that good these days? > >bruce Thanks Bruce.
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