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Article #2592Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
From: John Slade
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 11:46
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 11:46
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> > This is not unique to the Macintosh. Minor OS revisions often have > > performance improvements: Win3.0 -> 3.1, OS/2 2.0 -> 2.1, WinNT 3.1 -> > > 3.5, ... Win96/97 will probably have better performance than 95. > > > > What a crock.:-) Everyone knows that everytime MS upgrades that bloated > OS called Windows, it gets slower. If it didn't, the clone fans wouldn't > be drooling all over Pentium Pros. > > Now the Amigas OS (OTHO) does get faster with updates. Anyone going from > AmigaOS 1.3 to 3.1 can tell you that the performance of their system > improved. Anyone going from Win2 to Win(whatever) can tell you of hardware > upgrade stories. > > The bloat in Microsoft Windows code has done more to improve the Intel > chips then anyone wanting the apps on the system to run faster (which is > just a nice side affect.) > > Throw enough hardware at something, and you can get *any* piece of > software to run faster. I guess this makes up for bad/sloppy code. :-) > > Microsoft is the only company _I_ know of that has 80 million Beta > testers and still can't get it right! I've used Amigas, Macs and IBM clones. The best OS I've worked with is AmigaDOS. I know it doesn't have all the software but the OS is slammin! Macs and Windows 95 come in second. They are almost the same except System 7.5 is a little more responsive than Windows. Peace
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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 Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!miwok!linex1!linex!hherndon From: John Slade <hherndon@motown.com> Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....??? In-Reply-To: <philw-3012951518520001@philw.users.xplor.com> X-Sender: hherndon@linex X-Nntp-Posting-Host: linex.com Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.91.960102034151.14397A-100000@linex> Sender: news@linex1.linex.com Organization: LineX Communications (415) 455-1650 References: <m.duran-1611950252110001@port19.codetel.net.do> <49gkhp$3ag@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <30c6ee29.1582369@news.metronet.com> <1995Dec18.145106.44180@ac.dal.ca> <jragosta-1812951544340001@ppp-1017.dca.net> <4bpgk6$jc1@vodka.intele.net> <4bvd1r$qn3@sloth.swcp.com> <brw-2912951023390001@dallas28.dfw.net> <adtDKD2D7.8Fw@netcom.com> <philw-3012951518520001@philw.users.xplor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 11:46:15 GMT