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

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From: Joe Ragosta
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 18:39

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In article <4j7hp2$3q8@steel.interlog.com>, daveacg@interlog.com (Dave
Glue) wrote:

> On Mon, 25 Mar 1996 08:13:35 -0500, jragosta@dca.net (Joe Ragosta)
> wrote:
> 

> >
> >Wrong-o. Look at the November, 1995 Byte Magazine. They compared P6 and
> >604 boxes running commercial apps under WinNT. The 604 won easily.
> 
> Just looked at Byte's web site (great search engine- typed in "604 vs.
> Pentium Pro", and got all the relevant comparisons), and couldn't find
> anything like that in the November issue.  The article "NT Roars on
> the 604" had one app, I think it was Photomorph doing a swirl.  It's
> not available on the X86 platform, so it wasn't tested.  The only
> other test results were Bytemarks.  Could you drag that issue out of
> storage if you have it and show us the apps on each platform under NT?

Checking the web site (http://www.byte.com/art/9511/sec9/sec9.htm), you'll
find that they tested MicroStation, PhotoMorph, and their own ByteMarks as
the three applications.

-- 
Regards,       Joe Ragosta

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Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 13:39:21 -0500
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