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Article #1260Re: Prices and questions about direction of PPC hardware
From: Joe Ragosta
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 01:18
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 01:18
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In article <danpop.808786740@rscernix>, Dan.Pop@mail.cern.ch (Dan Pop) wrote: > > Yes, but none of those ran MacOS, which is primary factor in slowing > down a Mac. Which is why published studies demonstrate that the user has a 50% higher productivity and 50% higher accuracy using a Mac than a Windows machine. And Mac support costs are thousands less. And so on. Who cares about computer speed when the real issue is how much work you can get done? Besides, if the MacOS is so slow, can you explain why the PowerMac 9500 was approximately twice as fast as a fast Pentium in side-by-side application tests? -- ------------------------------------------------ Regards, Joe Ragosta docjoe@interramp.com 100% Chemical -- and proud of it. Microsoft Network is prohibited from redistributing this work in any form, in whole or in part. Copyright, Joseph Ragosta, 1995 License to distribute this post is available to Microsoft for $1000. Posting without permission constitutes an agreement to these terms. Any network provider not owned or operated in whole or in part by Microsoft may use this message at no charge.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!ip198.wilmington.de.interramp.com!user From: docjoe@interramp.com (Joe Ragosta) Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600 Subject: Re: Prices and questions about direction of PPC hardware Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 21:18:48 -0400 Organization: Graver Chemical Distribution: usa Message-ID: <docjoe-1808952118480001@ip198.wilmington.de.interramp.com> References: <stephenkDD9Ay3.H7D@netcom.com> <40ooq2$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> <danpop.808603659@rscernix> <DDGy01.6tn@mail.auburn.edu> <danpop.808786740@rscernix> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip198.wilmington.de.interramp.com