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February 2001, Week 3

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Re: How can the HP e3000 Community help HP?
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Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]>
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Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 18 Feb 2001 17:32:23 -0800
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> >rally the users to complain about the software crippled CPU of the
> >A-Class HP e3000.  (The 440 MHz CPU is software reduced to 110 CPU)
>
>
> HP have for many years produced roadmaps showing that they aim to increase
> processor performance by about 30% annually.
>
> The 917 was introduced in 1992, running at 32 Mhz.  Compounding 30% growth
> a year since then should now give us an entry level system over 1200% faster,
> equivalent to a 917 running around 400 Mhz.  Guess what: the entry-level
> HP9000 A400 runs at 440 Mhz.

We've known the HP 3000 could, with one hand tied behind its back,
beat an HP 9000.

Apparently, we've finally convinced HP ...
so now they've tied *both* hands behind the 3000's back! :(
Stan Sieler                                           [log in to unmask]
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