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

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From: Branden R. Williams
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 16:23

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In article <4bvd1r$qn3@sloth.swcp.com>, "Harlan W. Stockman"
<hwstock@swcp.com> wrote:

>sidea guys <sidea8120@sidea.com> wrote:
>>i personally noticed a big difference in speed going from a win 95 P120 
>>16-4x to a PPC 100 (pmac7500) 16-4x, like maybe 15 percent or more. I was 
>
>Could you be more specific?
>In what applications, or with what
>benchmarks, did you personally see
>the difference?  "15 %" makes it
>sound as if you have some exact timings.

The neat thing about macintosh, is that it get's faster the longer you
have it!  As software becomes optimized for the chip, it runs faster. 
Neato huh!

-- 
                 Branden R. Williams <brw@wtch.com>
            IRC -- #macdev | http://www.netus.com/~brw/
            "Time heals what reason cannot." -- Seneca
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From: brw@wtch.com (Branden R. Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600
Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 10:23:39 -0600
Organization: Wilven Technologies
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