Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!pyrdc!netxcom!jallen From: jallen@netxcom.UUCP (John Allen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Norton SI vs Reality Message-ID: <580@netxcom.UUCP> Date: 14 Dec 87 19:44:01 GMT References: <1098@quacky.UUCP> Reply-To: jallen@netxcom.UUCP (John Allen) Lines: 34 Keywords: norton,SI In article <1098@quacky.UUCP> vaso@mips.UUCP (Vaso Bovan) writes: >Norton's SI is getting to be a public embarrassment, [....] > >I've spoken to the authors of two other benchmarks, the Landmark and the >P.I. Both benchmarks show little improvement in performance for the V-series >over 80XX series uPs. The Landmark benchmark assigns ZERO improvement, and ---- Is this any better than showing a LARGE difference? >the author has stated to me that most real-life applications will not show >more than a 2% improvement. In point of fact, the V20/V30 can be MUCH faster given any application which makes extensive use of 186 enhancements. When I upgraded my PC Clone from an 8088 to a V20, I was literally awed by how much faster Windows ran. PC-Paint also looked a lot faster. Whether the V20 gets better gas mileage for you or not depends on what type of driving you do. If you use multiply or divide a lot, it helps. >Incidentally, Norton wrote back to me to say that they had no intention of >changing S.I. to remove the distortion in the V-Series performance figures. >Their decision smacks of high-handed arrogance. Sysinfo may not be the best standard, but isn't it better to leave it consistent, than to make subsequent versions incompatible, and therefore incomparable? John Allen ========================================================================= NetExpress Communications, Inc. uunet!netxcom!jallen 1953 Gallows Road, Suite 300 (703) 749-2238 Vienna, Va., 22180 =========================================================================