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

> : 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.

it was... the newest version with 486 support was released very
recently... its speed is compareable to earlier versions...
 
> : 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.  

very few apps are pentium apps, which is to say that very few take
advantage of the new pentium instructions... obviously, this is not the
same kind of jump as from 68k to native, where the performance change is
huge... but it is still technically wrong to say there ra emore pentium
apps then powerpc apps... (most pentium optimizations actually slow down a
486... that is a dilemna for developers where the majority of the
installed base is not running pentiums...)
 
> : 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

mostly what i said above, and... most people who require the power of the
powerpc have already changed their software over to native versions...
science, mathematics, cad... softwindows is for people who dont wish to
null all their previous software in switching platforms... no one is
suggesting it for running games...

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will simpson
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case institute of technology
polymer engineering undergraduate

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