[aclug-L] Re: Walmart $200 PC

[David Carmichael <dec2955@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I think that you are thinking of the older 'VIA' chips.. the newer Via-C3
chips are "Performance Rated" like the newer AMD XP CPU's ... The 'VIA'
chips really run at a slower mhz than their rated speed.

So while a 800mhz VIA may run at 500mhz bus speed it is able to run the same
software at the same speed as an Intel 800mhz chip would run the same
software package.

If you had not heard.. there is now a law suite against Intel for false
advertising of the mhz speeds of their current 'P4' CPU's.

I just wished that there was a true way to rate the power if CPU's!

--David

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Subject: [aclug-L] Re: Walmart $200 PC


>
> Sounds like they'll be using the Via C3 CPUs, then... which are much
> slower than other CPUs of the same Mhz rating.  Not that this is
> necissarily a bad thing... but it's something to be aware of before you
> think you're getting a great deal on an 800Mhz CPU.  An 800Mhz C3, based
> on benchmarks I've seen, would compare to a Pentium II 400-500 CPU.
> Still not a bad CPU for what most people will be using, tho.
>
> -- Jonathan
>
>
> > I look at PC's priced that low as "Throw Away" electronics.. being that
> > they are cheaper to toss than repair.
> >
> > They will be using a pre-installed CPU motherboard from VIA and the CPU
> > can not be changed on the motherboard in question!
> >
> > I know that even under Win'95 the MoBo is very stable.. and for a while
> > was very hard to find!  As I built up a system for a guy that wanted
> > this MoBo due to cost factors.
> >
> > --David
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman)" <glandix@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 11:05 AM
> > Subject: [aclug-L] Re: Walmart $200 PC
> >
> >
> >>
> >> i'm slightly frightened...  i haven't read the article yet, but i'd
> >> have
> > to
> >> question the quality of the hardware...  dunno... but it is good to
> >> see linux being supported by a major company such as walmart...
> >> they're also
> > (i
> >> read somewhere else) selling pre-installed mandrake systems (they've
> >> been selling mandrake alone for quite some time)
> >>
> >> gLaNDix
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "David Carmichael" <dec2955@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 3:01 AM
> >> Subject: [aclug-L] Walmart $200 PC
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> > I was wondering what you all thought of the 'Walmart / Microtel'
> >> > $199
> > PC??
> >> >
> >> > "..... Wal-Mart, Microtel Ship $199 Lindows PC
> >> > By  Mark Hachman
> >> > Lindows.com and Wal-Mart.com have teamed up again, making a $199 PC
> >> > available to the discount chain's online customers, and a Windows
> >> > option available to those willing to pay a $100 premium.
> >> > Lindows chief executive Michael Robertson had written that the
> >> > company expected to sign a deal creating a $199 PC at about the end
> >> > of last
> > week.
> >> > ....."
> >> >
> >> > http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,502196,00.asp
> >> >
> >> >
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