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I don't want to start/flame a "my CPU is better than yours" war, but you've
GOT to face a few facts. If you bought a Cyrix 6x86 P166+, you did NOT buy
a Pentium 166, and certianly not a Pentium Pro of any sort. You got a 120
586 (Pentium) clone. Period, end of discussion. When you find out it performs
on the level of a Pentium120, you really have no room to be surprised.
Now, there may or may not be a way to optimize the Deschall client (or
anything else) for a Cyrix. The fact will remain, you have the equivalent
of a Pentium120.
I never cease to be amazed by people who buy a crippled chip saying "I'm
striking a blow against Intel!", despite the reports of MANY programs
not working properly on said chip. Hey, flip that middle finger towards
Intel all you want, just don't cut it off.
When Cyrix and AMD stop lying about their chips, I will be the first in line
to buy them. Until then, Intel may or may not be a huge corporate monster,
but they haven't lied to me about what I was buying.
Howard
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