Le Thu, 20 May 2004 03:10:04 -0400, dan a écrit*:

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> 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?

Sure. Remember the Ultra 5 is a system dating from 1997/98. I remember
extremely clearly that in May of 1998, the very fastest PC available was a
Pentium II 333Mhz, because I had to buy one for a particular job. Mhz for
Mhz, the UltraSparc IIe is much faster than a Pentium II, especially the
FPU which is certainly 2 or 3 times better.

So please avoid comparing apples and bananas. Of course an ancient U5 is
slower than a brand new P4@3Ghz.

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Je suis riche des biens dont je sais me passer.
Louis-Jean-Baptiste Etienne Vigée.