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Article #1201Re: Prices and questions about direction of PPC hardware
From: Christopher C. Wood
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 22:30
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 22:30
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In article <40tmjq$uo2@navajo.gate.net>, cirby@news.gate.net (Chad Irby) writes: |> Brandon Hines (Soleil@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu) wrote: |> : I have read things like this for the past few months, but have yet to |> : find a vendor to give me a price on a PMac that compares to a P5 |> : system. |> Uhhh... pick up the phone, call directory assistance, ask for the local |> number for Power Computing (an Austin company). Ask them for a price on |> a 100 MHz PPC 601. Then call Dell and ask them for the price on a 100 |> MHz Pentium with the same setup. |> Comparable, to say the least... No, you'd need a 120MHz Pentium to compare with the 100 MHz PC, because the Pentium has to run Windows... I've heard that OS/2 might be a little better. Chris -- Speaking only for myself, of course. Chris Wood christw@lexis-nexis.com ChrisCWood@aol.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!in2.uu.net!meaddata!christw From: christw@meaddata.com (Christopher C. Wood) Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600 Subject: Re: Prices and questions about direction of PPC hardware Date: 17 Aug 1995 22:30:32 GMT Organization: LEXIS-NEXIS, Dayton OH Message-ID: <410fu8$68q@meaddata.meaddata.com> References: <stephenkDD9Ay3.H7D@netcom.com> <40ooq2$pm0@navajo.gate.net> <40or0h$15n6@navajo.gate.net> <40p4eo$qeo@caesar.ultra.net> <40pccd$61p@bug.rahul.net> <docjoe-1608950821470001@ip13.wilmington.de.interramp.com> <40tjes$97f@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> <40tmjq$uo2@navajo.gate.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dolphin.meaddata.com