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Article #2864Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
From: Dave Glue
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 08:42
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 08:42
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On Fri, 12 Jan 1996 08:06:31 -0500, jragosta@dca.net (Joe Ragosta) wrote: >In article <1996Jan11.185649.111671@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, >mattsp@stat1.cc.ukans.edu (Matt Peterson) wrote: > >> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've been led to believe that fixed-point >> "integer" math is almost always quicker than fpu floating-point math. >> >> >> Matt Peterson >> University of Kansas, Experimental Psychology > >Then why did so many people buy math coprocessor upgrades for their >computers in the 386 era? Likely, to run Autocad and 3D Studio. And a lot of people bought Windows- sometimes people don't always know better.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!news.interlog.com!news From: daveacg@interlog.com (Dave Glue) 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: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 08:42:44 GMT Organization: InterLog Internet Services Message-ID: <4djce6$a26@steel.interlog.com> References: <4cu3om$157i@seminole.gate.net> <30F35518.4209@medcor.mcgill.ca> <4d2id2$8po@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> <1996Jan11.185649.111671@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <jragosta-1201960806310001@ppp-1018.dca.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: daveacg.interlog.com X-Newsreader: Moe's Newsreader