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Article #709Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
From: Anthony D. Tribelli
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1995 02:47
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1995 02:47
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Lawson English (english@primenet.com) wrote: : : >BTW, P6's can't run 16-bit software any faster than a Pentium can, so : : >home users aren't likely to adopt them until 32-bit apps AND OS's *AND* : : >the hardware needed to run them properly, become standard. : : Intel's FAQ on the P6 says that it WILL have a speed increase on 16-bit apps, : : although not as much of an increase as 32-bit apps will. : The preliminary real-world-application benchmarks that I've seen bandied : about suggest that it certainly won't be enough to justify buying an : entire new system... Unless the fastest P6 has a significantly highler clock rate than the fastest Pentium, which I believe will not be the case in the near future. But maybe in mid '96 ... Tony -- ------------------ Tony Tribelli adtribelli@acm.org
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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 Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!netcom.com!adt From: adt@netcom.com (Anthony D. Tribelli) Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....??? Message-ID: <adtDCz13r.FvB@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <3tmppr$8ck@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> <philip-1207951230470001@macadamia.cs.wits.ac.za> <3u1id7$19b@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> <DByyIp.KDF@utnetw.utoledo.edu> <3uk8lb$2ua@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> <3vkii2$o6o@freud.inst.com> <3vlorg$kq3@steel.interlog.com> <401v8t$hiq@nnrp1.primenet.com> Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 02:47:51 GMT Sender: adt@netcom23.netcom.com