> In a message dated 5/17/00 11:51:39 PM Eastern Daylight
Time, Karl writes:
>
> <<  I bought a GT300 computer that was
>  billed as having a 300-MHz Cyrix CPU.  Much later when I
had
>  my system diagnosed by PC Pitstop, I discovered that the
CPU
>  was only 234 MHz.  >>
>
> I agree this is annoying, but this is not a result of
Tiger's practices, but
> rather those of Cyrix. Cyrix uses a "P rating" that gives
what they consider
> the equivalent Pentium CPU speed. So when you see a Cyrix
300, it is not
> saying the CPU actually runs at 300. It is saying that
Cyrix believes this
> chip gives performance equivalent to a Pentium 300. Just
about all vendors
> list the Cyrix chips by their "P-rating" speed rather than
their true MHz
> speed.

    I, and most of the people with whom I talked, never
heard of the "P rating".  The computer I bought was listed
as having a 300 MHz CPU - period, which was  an outright
lie!  In the real world of processing SETI data, the Cyrix
300 CPU processed only 3 KB per hour, whereas my Celeron 400
MHz CPU produced 7 KB per hour, which shows quite clearly
that the Cyrix WAS NOT equivalent to a Pentium 300 CPU.  All
computer settings and conditions were the same in both
computers.  Conclusion:  Since the GT 300 computer was
billed as having 300 MHz CPU (not P300), Tiger Direct
knowingly misrepresented the product in their advertising.
    K. Karl Kuller

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