Re: TI-H: Power PC
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Re: TI-H: Power PC
Where can I get info on the G4- I can't find it anywhere
>Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 18:39:00 -0800 (AKDT)
>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
>Subject: Re: TI-H: Power PC
>Reply-To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>
>
>Wow... Well, your laptop isn't that high up in the line. a 117MHz 603
is
>about equal to a 90MHz 601.
>
>>I do aggree though that the Mac OS is quite bloated and slow, and
needs major
>>improvement in tose lines. For example, if I'm online, and I'm typing
into a
>>form on an html documaent, the text I type lags because it is spending
too
>>much processing power on the connection. A modern OS could cycle
between all
>>and keep everything runing efficiently. (Mac OS X hopefuly soon!) Even
Mac OS
>>8.5 sounds like one heck od an upgrade. Not realy major in general,
but major
>>individual improvements. I look forward to both upgrades.
>
>Mac OS is real cool, and optimized. It is 33 percent faster on the
G3...
>They aren't as fast as they are going to get. :)
>
>The G4 is going to be released this winter, or Q1 of 1999. This guy at
>PowerMac of alaska was talking to apple about how BP (British Petro)
>switched to PC.
>
>So, apple basically said we will send you a G4, but if it gets even a
>scratch we will fine your butt.
>
>The G4 1,000MHz computer was able to do a siesmic readout in 1 minute
and
>23 seconds. The DEC (I couldn't realy see the logo clear enough)
computer
>they had with 8 300MHz PIIs took 28 minutes. :)
>
>We could only see a video of it since it was under constant guard. The
>thing is worth about $40,000. (Because its a prefab of the chip.)
The G4
>will go for less than $5,000. Unless Intel can release a 10,000 puter,
PCs
>are out of luck. :)
>
>
>
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