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english@primenet.com (Lawson English) wrote:


>A 132mhz 604-based PowerMac runs Windows 95 under SoftWindows in the 
>range of a 80486DX33, according to Crabb. Presumably a bit faster for 
>WIndows 3.1.

Could you give us the price of SoftWindows 2.0, Mr. Lawson?  Last time
I checked, it was _quite_ expensive.  This has to be weighed when you
want to run applications at the speed of the dead 486/33- and likely
even "deader" when 2.0 is released, and 604-133 Macs are affordable
enough to warrant the software emulation route.  Who knows- that
application you value might not work, may not fall in those benchmark
competitors, etc.  And those are Windows programs- emulating DOS
programs, especially games, will suffer a much larger hit.  Unless
SoftWindows 2.0 is very cheap, I don't see it as a logical option.  



>Still sounds like a wider choice, and native apps are still being 
>released at a rapid pace. No-one buys a 132Mhz 604 Power Computing clone 
>for $2699 (or whatever the price will be) just to run emulated apps, but 
>for those apps that need the power (graphics-intensive, 3D games, etc), 
>the Power COmputing clone should be the price/performance leader for some 
>time to come (starting next month, I hear).

For someone who doesn't know the actual price of these 604 machines,
you certainly seem to like stating it often.