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

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From: Hotel California
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 02:16

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In article <DDzy57.8tI@dorsai.org>, hunter@news.dorsai.org (Woodrow Shin) wrote:


> 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.


The second generation Power Macs run emulated software faster than a
Quadra 840AV, the fastest non-PPC Macintosh.  Even faster if you buy Speed
Doubler for Connectix.

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Hotel California
hotelca@cris.com

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Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
Date: 29 Aug 1995 02:16:17 GMT
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