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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