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Lawson English (english@primenet.com) wrote:
: Woodrow Shin (hunter@news.dorsai.org) wrote:
: [snipt]
: : 	Are you saying that the Power Mac, has a greater of selection of 
: : software for mainstream users then the Pentium?

: ? Depends on your definitions of various words like "mainstream,"
: "selection of software," etc.

	When I think of the word "mainstream", widely used, and majority 
come to mind.  "Greater selection of software", to me, means more choices.

: SoftWindows 2.0 allows one to use virtually all 80486-based software, 
: although SOundBlaster support isn't offered.

	I believe SoftWindows is based on a 80286 emulator.  Unless this 
has been changed recently.  That is why you see the Dos Card for Macs.

: According to Donald Crabb, he could even boot WIndows 95, although I 
: don't know how well the new Windows-95-specific software will run on it.

	I seriously doubt it, without a Dos Card.

: That gives us: 6,000 Macintosh apps. 600 Power Macintosh apps. 85-90% of 
: all DOS/WIndows apps.

	6,000 apps, that run at Quadra speeds(Quadra 68040 25mhz), for 
$2000+(This is for a minimal config), 600 Power Mac apps, which is incredibly 
small, in number of choices, compared to # of Pentium apps.  And 
Dos/Windows, which runs even slower than a Quadra unless you pay 
$1000 for a DOS Card and at least 8 megs of onboard RAM for the card.  
16 would probably be better.  

: Sounds like a wider choice to me...

	Sounds more expensive, and less choice.  Also less 
performance for the money your paying, unless you're running only Power apps.

-Woodrow