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Article #2662Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
From: Kevin Hayes
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 17:29
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 17:29
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In article <4c2jpe$efv@emerald.oz.net>, raboud@oz.net (Robert Aboud) wrote: >In message <4bpgk6$jc1@vodka.intele.net> - sidea guys <sidea8120@sidea.com> wri >tes: >:> >:>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 >:>actually surprised, but happy to see Apple get it right. >:> > > >May I ask you how you determined this? I work in a real computer store and >not some damn department store that happens to sell computers. I sell real >Apple PowerMacs (not Performas but real PowerMacs) and real computers and not >some damn Packard Bell or Gateway clone. I will admit that a PM is fast, >however I cannot say that the PM trounces on the Pentium in any one given >application. > I've seen demos of Photoshop, Painter, PageMaker, and others I can't remember. The only apps that the Pentium was faster were apps written by Microsoft. >What applications are you using to base your opinion on? Do you have >any bench marks to compare the two? > I don't but I'm sure someone will provide them. >
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