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ArticlesNovember 1996 / BYTE Hardware Lab Report


November 1996 / BYTE Hardware Lab Report

article Eight Twin-Engine Pentium Pro Workstations
illustration Typical Pentium Pro
For compute-intensive applications, a second Pentium Pro chip can make the job go faster.
- by Maggi Bender, Dorothy Hudson, Jim Kane, and John McDonough

article Pentium Pro Workstations
illustration Dual-Processor Workstation Tests
The eight dual-processor Pentium Pros we tested not only boast top-notch performance, they also provide a bridge to a future dominated by 32-bit applications.

article Workstation Ratings
table Best Overall: Dell's OptiPlex GXpro 200, Digital's Personal Workstation 200i, and Polywell's Poly P6-200ND2
table High Performance: Dell's OptiPlex GXpro, Digital's Personal Workstation 200i, and Polywell's Poly P6-200ND2
photo Best Overall: 3-Way Tie
photo High Performance


article Details
photo Designer's Choice
photo Betting Twice on USB
photo Down to Three
Designer's Choice: Kudos to the engineers at Dell and Hewlett-Packard for thoughtful system designs.

article Let's Make It Universal
Though it has been on the boards for a while, the catchall Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface is working its way into mainstream desktop computers.
- by Dave Rowell

article Test Specs
sidebar SCSI or EIDE?
A workstation with Intel's fastest Pentium Pro processor provides great performance for running applications.

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