Re: Pentium 3 versus Pentium, also memory, bus speeds
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- Subject: [mg30449] Re: Pentium 3 versus Pentium, also memory, bus speeds
- From: Arthur Billingsley <billinga1 at home.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 03:05:29 -0400 (EDT)
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Bill, Lacking your full requirements, the decision should rest on the question "Can/Does the current hardware support/run the software needed for this research/job??? If so, continue to use until no longer true. Reason being, at some point the answer will be no if not maybe not. Then it is time to invest in new hardware. The paradigm of upgrading is no longer relevant with new computer prices at $1000. HTH Art Bill Martin wrote: > > HELP!!! (Anyone) > > Is the Pentium worth the extra $200? I use Mathematica to do number > Theory e.g Primes, factoring. > > Also what about speeds other than main processor e. g. a) SD Ram b) > Bus c) Memory > > I know little about hardware as you can probably tell! Mathematica in > Illinois was not that helpful. > Thanks, > Bill Martin > Math Faculty Member