jerry@polygen.uucp (Jerry Shekhel) (04/09/91)
swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren) writes: > >Clones are more like Yugos or Hyundais. Leave out the A/C and make the >bumpers paper-thin; just crank them out and keep 'em dirt cheap. > Clones span too many categories to be compared to cars this way. The first generation (8088/8086) clones can certainly be compared to cheap cars with sluggish performance -- they suck in every way except price. However, a 486/33 is more like a Lamborghini Countach -- it ain't the prettiest or the most comfortable environment for the driver, but it moves faster than anything else. -- +-------------------+----------------------+---------------------------------+ | JERRY J. SHEKHEL | POLYGEN CORPORATION | When I was young, I had to walk | | Drummers do it... | Waltham, MA USA | to school and back every day -- | | ... In rhythm! | (617) 890-2175 | 20 miles, uphill both ways. | +-------------------+----------------------+---------------------------------+ | ...! [ princeton mit-eddie bu sunne ] !polygen!jerry | | jerry@polygen.com | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
hamilton@intersil.uucp (04/11/91)
In article <1034@stewart.UUCP>, jerry@polygen.uucp (Jerry Shekhel) writes: > swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren) writes: >>Clones are more like Yugos or Hyundais. Leave out the A/C and make the >>bumpers paper-thin; just crank them out and keep 'em dirt cheap. > > Clones span too many categories to be compared to cars this way. The first > generation (8088/8086) clones can certainly be compared to cheap cars with > sluggish performance -- they suck in every way except price. However, > a 486/33 is more like a Lamborghini Countach -- it ain't the prettiest or the > most comfortable environment for the driver, but it moves faster than anything > else. No, a 486/33 is more like a dragster-it does one thing (accelerates) very well. But it's uncomfortable, gets extremely poor mileage, and it's a real pain to drive on the streets you're on 99% of the time you're in a car. Try taking a hard right in a 486, or multitasking on a top-fuel funny car. -- Fred Hamilton "Unlike most of you, Harris Semiconductor I am not a nut..." Santa Clara, CA -Homer Simpson (Well, maybe I am after all...)