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Article #1772Re: P6: Problems even with 32-bit Apps
From: R S Rodgers
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 21:59
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 21:59
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In article <41t79n$4ml@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu>, Shawn V. Hernan <valentin+@pitt.edu> wrote: >It appears that the P6 could be in serious trouble (well, it won't be >as successful as the 486 or Pentium, which is to say that it will sell >well, but not necessarily continue to dominate the market). It doesn't have to. It merely has to outperform the M1 and K5. The Pentium already won the real battle -- another CPU line (PowerPC) wont have a big chance to grab marketshare for several more years. >The University of Pittsburgh | Dump the RICO Laws Why? -- ---- Windows 95 and NT: IBM's OS choices for IBM hardware, x86 and PowerPC ---- "That's not our primary target. There are people out there who love [OS/2 Warp] on the desktop, but our focus is on large enterprise customers." -- chief executive officer Louis Gerstner (IBM) (July, 1995)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!cville-srv.wam.umd.edu!rsrodger From: rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (R S Rodgers) Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel Subject: Re: P6: Problems even with 32-bit Apps Date: 28 Aug 1995 21:59:50 GMT Organization: University of Maryland, College Park Message-ID: <41te8m$c44@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> References: <41t79n$4ml@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: rac9.wam.umd.edu