Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???

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From: Robert Cassidy
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 16:02

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In article <40rh90$1r8@nnrp3.primenet.com>, english@primenet.com (Lawson
English) wrote:

> Chad Irby (cirby@news.gate.net) wrote:

> : 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...

I've got a 5200 at my disposal if anyone wants to send me executables, I'd
be glad to run them.

-- 
Bob Cassidy
UC Irvine

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From: rmcassid@uci.edu (Robert Cassidy)
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: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 09:02:10 -0700
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