From: richard (rpritz_at_interport.net)
Date: Thu Dec 04 1997 - 10:00:44 EST
On Wed, 03 Dec 1997 23:13:27 -0800, Randal Whittle <rwhittle_at_usa.net> wrote:
>desktop. Do keep in mind that laptops are inherently slower than the
>same-MHz desktop--i.e., a 560 running at 133 MHz is *not* going to be as
>fast as virtually any desktop running at 133 MHz. Just part of the
>tradeoff you make for the benefit of portability.
I think that the 560/133 is slower than a 133 desktop because the 560 does not
have an L2 cache. Reviews of the latest 560 - the 233 mhz 560x - indicate that
it is as fast as a 233 mhz desktop. For example:
"The latest notebook PCs powered by 233MHz Tillamook Pentium chips perform on a
par with 233MHz Pentium-based desktop PCs but, for what they cost, a company
could buy a Pentium II desktop system and have money left over."
http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/reviews/1201/01note.html
The article has a favorable review of the 560x.
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