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

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From: Woodrow Shin
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 01:15

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Herkimer@MSC.tamu.edu wrote:
: In article <DDyt8p.5G6@dorsai.org>, hunter@news.dorsai.org (Woodrow Shin) wrote:

: > Lawson English (english@primenet.com) wrote:

: >         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.  

: Just how many PENTIUM SPECIFIC apps are there.  Less than 600.

	Does it really matter?  x86 apps are much faster on a Pentium, 
compared to programs not specifically recompiled for the Power Mac.

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