James writes:

> Relative CPU performance tables show a 948 and 918 and 917 thru 947 as having
> approximately the same CPU performance.  The 9x7 and 918 could (do) have a
> floating point processor that can bring their performance to a little above
> a 948.
>
> But Memory capacity is generally greater on the later machines and can
> have dramatic effects on overall system performance.

Ironically, the max mem on a 9x7 is 768 MB (I've seen it done, and
I've recently run 576 MB on a 917), but the max mem on a 9x8 is only 512 MB.

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