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

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From: Nathanael J Henderson
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 23:18

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Damir Smitlener (damir@mindspring.com) wrote:

[...BeBox...]
: The current box with dual-603s is in every way faster and more
: responsive than the fastest Mac I have played with (an 8500/120.) Linux
: on this baby will _cook_, and the thought of dual 601s or (steady, now)
: 604s is almost too much to handle.

   Faster on timed calculations, or just more responsive?

: Guessing how the marketplace responds is always a tricky business, but
: they really seem to have all the pieces; the tech, the attitude, and
: some money. I know I'm getting one; I'm tired of waiting for Apple.

   I know how the market will respond--it will ignore the BeBox and the 
handfull of geeks who have nothing better to do than masturbate over 
visions of technological purity.   Why do so many tech people have such a 
flimsy grasp on marketting realities?  Success is not about the purity of 
your vision--it never was.  Success comes from pimping the product to the 
great unwashed masses, something Necrosoft has done very well, despite 
some appallingly poor products (Win 3.1, etc.)

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Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
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Date: 14 Jan 1996 23:18:46 GMT
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