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Article #3469Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
From: Dave Glue
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 08:23
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 08:23
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On Tue, 26 Mar 1996 13:39:21 -0500, jragosta@dca.net (Joe Ragosta) wrote: >> 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. > Joe, you've said numerous times that the 604 beats the Pro on _applications_ under NT. Photomorph was NOT tested on the Pro, as for Microstation, results weren't available on the site but I don't recall in the November issue of it being tested on the Pro as well. So now "Bytemarks" is an application? Do you really believe anyone is going to fall for this crap?
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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 Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....??? Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 08:23:13 GMT Organization: InterLog Internet Services Message-ID: <4jaj3j$fbm@steel.interlog.com> References: <nevin-0602962253080001@150.135.1.79> <ted.oliver-1403960716070001@129.219.116.52> <danpop.826855661@rscernix> <cirby-1903960216110001@pm2-09.magicnet.net> <4ip8dj$92d@nntpb.cb.att.com> <4isjnf$8ts@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> <jragosta-2203961554140001@ppp-1014.dca.net> <4j4bl3$5ah@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> <jragosta-2503960813350001@ppp-2026.dca.net> <4j7hp2$3q8@steel.interlog.com> <jragosta-2603961339210001@ppp-1010.dca.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: daveacg.interlog.com X-Newsreader: Moe's Newsreader