Subject: Re: NEC Versa laptops?
To: Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com>
From: Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/30/1997 22:15:24
>> Urm... how is this so? Does it have to do with wacky things like the
>> bus clock speed being slower in the 150MHz machine? How does P166
>> compare for speed?
>You got it. The P150 has a slower memory bus. The P166 has the same
>speed bus as the P133, so it should be faster. The P150 was roundly
>panned in the mobile computing press recently.
Typically, most press reviews have put the P150 as generally slower
than the P133, and a P180 definitely slower than a P166. Yes, it is
because of the slower bus.
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