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Jay Riley (datamagik@usa.net) wrote:

: My PowerPC(R) 603e clocked at 100MHz can run programs at an equivalent
: speed as a 133MHz Pentium, but as I recall it outperforms even a

runs *some* programs at an equivalent speed, some faster, some slower.

: considerably faster PPro at Internet access (assuming identical modem
: speeds) due to the better performance of Apple Computer's OpenTransport
: (compared to "WinSock" now rolled into Win'95).

are you serious about this?  you have some sort of benchmark for this?
i'd be really interested in this, cause from my experience, open
transport, to be kind, isn't so good...

: Going over your list of applications:

: >   1- Windows 95

: Most computer users who use both regularly report that MacOS is hands-down
: better than Win'95. If you have some real attachment to it or have an
: abitrary company policy against MacOS (kind of like saying "yeah we'll get
: you any corporate car you want, so long as you want a Yugo") you can run
: VirtualPC or SoftWindows. Ironically these emulators (running DOS or
: Win'3.11) are reported to run DOS programs FASTER than Win'95!

wow.  so if you run lots of dos programs on your pc, don't run it under
win95.

: >   2- Ms-Office

: Available on Mac if you need it.

slow on mac.

: >   3- Word

: Also available on the Mac. MacOS comes with MacLink which translates Word
: and other popular DOS/Wintel formats AND lets you modify them, using
: Mac-only programs or Mac versions of cross platform products!

slow on mac.  it's cool that macs read pc disks.  ms should include the
ability to read mac disks into windows.

: >   4- Autocad 13 for Windows 95

: There are at least two strong CAD programs for Mac that can read and write
: AutoCAD files. I can remember AutoCAD DESPERATELY looking for Mac
: programmers to support both platforms. One of the industry's best kept
: secrets is that Mac programmers are so valuable that they can pick and
: choose who they work for and many company's blaming Mac's marketshare for
: abandoning it just don't want to admit that their programmers don't have
: the "juice" to master MacOS.

people don't want to work for autodesk?  and even if mac programs can read
and write in dxf format, you think it's a better option for him to switch
to macs, learn a new os, buy an equivalent cad package, and learn a new
cad package?  wow.

: >   5- Netscape

: Co-released on Mac. May have been Mac first. Both Communicator and
: Navigator are as well supported on Mac as wintel platforms. Plus you get
: the better interapplication support of MacOS.

sucks on both platforms.  then again, so does IE.

: So to sum up my answer to your question: get the fastest MacOS compatible
: your budget will allow. If you can't afford a couple of hundred dollars
: more to get a genuine Apple(R) Macintosh(R) there are many excellent
: models available from Motorola, PowerComputing, UMAX, PowerTools, MACTELL,
: APS and others.

get the pentium pro.  and winNT if you can afford it.  you said you use
autocad13 for win95.  shoud be the same version for NT.
	
					- ed