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Article #1396Re: Prices and questions about direction of PPC hardware
From: Christopher C. Wood
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 22:46
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 22:46
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In article <4130pi$59d@news.net-connect.net>, dano@net-connect.net writes: |> In <danpop.808775540@rscernix>, Dan.Pop@mail.cern.ch (Dan Pop) writes: |> >In <410fu8$68q@meaddata.meaddata.com> christw@meaddata.com (Christopher C. Wood) writes: |> >>No, you'd need a 120MHz Pentium to compare with the 100 MHz PPC, |> >>because the Pentium has to run Windows... I've heard that OS/2 might |> >>be a little better. |> I've always thought the Pentium and PC601 were roughly equivalent per |> Mhz, but the PPC's advantage was a lower price. Pentium and PPC 601 are about equal in spec marks per MHz. But in the real world, most applications run about 20% faster on PowerMacs than the same application running on a Pentium system. 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.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel Subject: Re: Prices and questions about direction of PPC hardware Date: 21 Aug 1995 22:46:45 GMT Organization: LEXIS-NEXIS, Dayton OH Message-ID: <41b2cl$87r@meaddata.meaddata.com> References: <stephenkDD9Ay3.H7D@netcom.com> <40ooq2$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> <410fu8$68q@meaddata.meaddata.com> <danpop.808775540@rscernix> <4130pi$59d@news.net-connect.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dolphin.meaddata.com