Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!Will From: Will@cup.portal.com (Will E Estes) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: 386 vs. 386SX ???? Message-ID: <22654@cup.portal.com> Date: 29 Sep 89 23:28:20 GMT References: <89268.165003MHS108@PSUVM.BITNET> <525@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> <[2205.2]comp.ibmpc;1@point.UUCP> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 13 Well, personally, I would buy the SX *unless* you plan to run Unix or OS/2 right away or unless you plan on keeping the machine for a long time. The reason I say to buy the SX is that a new group of 32 bit motherboards based on the EISA bus are about to hit the market. Finally, a *standard* 32 bit bus, with standard 32 bit SCSI controllers, high transfer rates, etc. As soon as those boards become the standard most of the existing 386 stuff is going to be de-valued. I would buy something very cheap now, hold it for 6 months, and then dump it and buy an EISA machine. I think this approach would result in the least amount of cash out of your pocket and you would end up with a machine that will be good for at least two years. Will