Re: Faster than Windoze

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From: Paul Womar
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 00:00

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Lawrence <flowerpots@bigfoot.com> wrote:

> Does anyone know if a PowerMac 9600/350 with VirtualPC will run Windoze
> applications faster than a 266 Pentium 2?

Almost certainly no chance.

> I am assuming that  the 266MHz is the fastest availible PC and the 9600/350 is
> faster than a G3 750? but I could be wrong!

I think the 9600/350 is faster at Floating Point opertations compared to
the 266 750, the 750 is optimised for integer calculations.

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