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Old 01-16-2008, 01:31 PM
Doug McIntyre
 
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dan <dcasey@bestweb.net> writes:
>I am looking to get a sun but I am a newbie when it comes to suns
>architecture. I am currently looking at a Ultra 5 Workstation 360MHz.
>Coming from an intel world, I see the 360MHz and laugh. Is there a general
>rule of thumb I can use to tell what the equivalent would be in a intel?


You are also looking at a 7 year old system (FCS 12/1997 according to
the Sun handbook). What was popular in the Intel world at the time,
especially in the low-end entry level stuff? A 32-bit PII-250?



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