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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: What type of computer to get? Help.
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 02:38:26 -0700
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To: "J. Kenney" <jk002e@uhura.cc.rochester.edu>

J. Kenney wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have any recommendations on what is the best architecture to put
> FreeBSD on?, Pentium Pro 200, Dual Pentium 166?

Get the PPro 200.  It will be awhile longer before we can offer the kind
of SMP implementation which takes full advantage of the dual 166.  The
P6 will give you twice the performance right now.
-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  President, FreeBSD Project