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In article <jragosta-0404961504000001@ppp-1027.dca.net> Joe Ragosta,
jragosta@dca.net writes:
>They are slow updating their web site, but they are currently getting a
>HINT value of 5.9 on the PowerMac 9500. The best they've been able to do
>with Pentium Pro is around 4.
>

I don't know the details of the HINT benchmark, but I can say that the
9500's are extremely fast systems. I've been totally impressed by the
ones we have at work (but much less impressed by the low-end 7200's we
have for admin users). I find the 9500 to be faster in almost every area
compared to the HP Vectra XU p6/150's, but it is close. Granted, the
9500's are only running at 120Mhz though, and we've had them for a lot
longer than the HP's.

Actually the 9500 and XU P150 are pretty comparable. Both have a 128bit
interleaved memory bus with DIMMs. Both have built in ethernet, sound,
SCSI, and accelerated video. The XU has a second CPU socket, but
currently I don't see any need for it. Intel so far has no plans on
fixing the SMP bug in 150Mhz P6's. 

FWIW, the bug level in both system is about the same, with the edge going
to the Mac since all of its bugs have been resolved with software
updates. The Intel bugs are built into the chip and chipset so are much
harder to deal with.

WT