On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 jpero(a)sympatico.ca wrote:
Arf, arf! :-) Anyway I understand that, but
didn't you make this
fair comparsion on dual Pro and dual PII's? Remember, LX and BX
already have udma for better HD multitasking. The old pro chipset
didn't and relies on HD controller cards either SCSI ($$$) or
IDE none has udma (early ones) except for promise cards.
Hmmm. I wouldn't know about the udma issue. My new desktop is the
first IDE system I've had in several years. All the SMP boxen I've had
or administered were SCSI, and the only IDE PPro I've ever had aything
to do with was a Dell desktop. It was strictly an end-user box, and I
wasn't in a position to benchmark it.
I still believe Intel would have been better off developing the PPro
than going with the PII.
Doc