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In article <5k67u7$f88@catapult.gatech.edu>, ccocsjo@acmex.gatech.edu (Who?
Me?) wrote:

> Dean H. Saxe (Remove asterisks in address to reply)
(dean@cerevisiae.biology.emory.edu) wrote:
> > In article <5k5m9a$ad3@catapult.gatech.edu>, ccocsjo@acmey.gatech.edu (Who?
> > Me?) wrote:
> 
> > Buy a PowerPC based Macintosh.  MHz for MHz they are about twice as fast as
> > Pentium (PPC604e vs Pentium) and the OS is superior to Windows95, as well.
> 
> The PowerPC 604e Macs are also much more expensive than a Pentium.  I could
> get a Pentium Pro for the same money.  Then, if I run a 32 bit OS, the Mac
> has no real performance advantage (maybe a slight floating point advantage).
> In integer performance, the Pentium Pro might even have an edge.


Actually, they is not much of a cost difference when you campare price vs
performance with with pentiums vs PPC machines.  Furthermore, the Total
Cost of Ownership of a Mac is significantly less expensive (somewhere
between 20 and 30% each year).  

Dean

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