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

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From: Chad Irby
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 05:47
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Martin Nisshagen <martin@mts.se> wrote:

> Chad Irby wrote:
> 
> > It was an old Mac II that had been running- uninterrupted and quietly
> > sitting in a closet- since early 1992.  No shutdowns, no crashes.
> 
> I don't think it's very fair to compare a utility who shares files from
> a hd to users on a network with Unix computers who has many users who
> actually run applications on them (it's usually when you run applications
> with errors that some not-so-good OS'es crashes).

...and, again, that wasn't the point.  The original comment was that a Mac
wouldn't be able to run for any length of time while doing *anything*.

A print/file server, while not a heavy-duty job, is definitely something. 
And right up there with the work being done by some of those "serious"
machines we see today.

-- 
cirby@magicnet.net
I gave up on the fantasy and am looking
for a really good reality...
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From: cirby@magicnet.net (Chad Irby)
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Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
Date: 8 Mar 1996 05:47:42 GMT
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