Lab Report: 57 PCs That Set the Pace: Should you buy a high-end 486 or a Pentium? We evaluate 37 66-MHz 486DX2 systems and 20 Pentium systems to find the best performers for Windows, Unix, and DOS applications. Best Pentiums for Windows; How We Tested; Best Pentiums for Unix; Best ISA 486s for Windows; Best EISA 486s for Windows; Best 486s for Unix; Best 486s for DOS; Honorable Mentions; Dubious Achievements. Holzbaur, H. E. & Platt, S. M. Byte Magazine, 19(4):206–211, 215, 217, 219, 221–222, 224–228, April, 1994.
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@Article{Holzbaur:1994:LRP,
  author =       "H. E. Holzbaur and S. M. Platt",
  title =        "Lab Report: 57 {PCs} That Set the Pace: Should you buy
                 a high-end 486 or a {Pentium}? We evaluate 37 {66-MHz
                 486DX2} systems and 20 {Pentium} systems to find the
                 best performers for {Windows}, {Unix}, and {DOS}
                 applications. Best {Pentiums for Windows}; How We
                 Tested; Best {Pentiums} for {Unix}; Best {ISA} 486s for
                 {Windows}; Best {EISA} 486s for {Windows}; Best 486s
                 for {Unix}; Best 486s for {DOS}; Honorable Mentions;
                 Dubious Achievements",
  journal =      j-BYTE,
  volume =       "19",
  number =       "4",
  pages =        "206--211, 215, 217, 219, 221--222, 224--228",
  month =        apr,
  year =         "1994",
  CODEN =        "BYTEDJ",
  ISSN =         "0360-5280 (print), 1082-7838 (electronic)",
  ISSN-L =       "0360-5280",
  bibdate =      "Thu Sep 12 16:34:03 MDT 1996",
  bibsource =    "https://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/byte1990.bib",
  acknowledgement = ack-nhfb,
  classification = "D5010 (Computers and work stations); D5010D
                 (Selection guides)",
  keywords =     "Cornell Computers Power Pak; DECpe 560ST; Evaluation;
                 High-end 486; Pentium; Performance; Price premium",
  thesaurus =    "Buyer's guides; Computer evaluation; Microcomputers",
}

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