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Article #2640Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
From: Jeff Jasper
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 05:59
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 05:59
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> As a developer on WindowsNT 3.5 and 3.51, I'm not sure it is faster than > WindowsNT 3.1, but it is certainly fast enough, as long as you have at > LEAST a 90 mHz Pentium, 32 Mb of memory, 256k cache, and a couple of gig > of 9 ms disk drive setup with 200 Mb of virtual memory. > > Tom Zimmer > > P.S. I am also a Mac user since 1984. As a computer animator I can tell you that is BS. NT will easily run on a 486 w/16 and a 540meg HD, I know I did it. I have also been a Mac user since pre Mac. Anyone use them back when they were still called Apples? I remember when I thought GS systems were a gift from heaven :) -- The Ohio State University S. PRGMR 3 The Advanced Computing Center of Art and Design(ACCAD) Emerging Technology Suite
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