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Article #1110Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
From: Lawson English
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 01:22
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 01:22
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Chad Irby (cirby@news.gate.net) wrote:
: Lars Hohmuth (hohmuth@cipserv1.physik.uni-ulm.de) wrote:
: : Even in Germany, where Hardware prices tend to be higher ( and
: : that's putting it mildly:-) ) a Pentium 60 PCI with a OEM 15"
: : and your config would cost only about 1800.- including taxes
: : ( which are 15% BTW )
: : BTW: Seems to be about the same as a stock 5200
: Well, it's about the same as a stock 5200, except for being quite a bit
: slower... got the price on a 75 MHz P5? That's a better comparison (even
: though the PC would still be a bit slower).
I wonder about this comparison. ANyone actually run the BYTE benchmarks
(or any other "cross-platform" bechmarks) on a 5200 or any of other newly
released PowerMacs?
Until then, I suspect that you may well be blowing lots of hot air...
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!news.primenet.com!english From: english@primenet.com (Lawson English) Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....??? Date: 16 Aug 1995 01:22:40 GMT Organization: Primenet (602)395-1010 Distribution: usa Message-ID: <40rh90$1r8@nnrp3.primenet.com> References: <40qf26$1lpv@navajo.gate.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: usr5.primenet.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]