Re: TI-H: (OT about Grant's 486/68000)

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Subject: Re: TI-H: (OT about Grant's 486/68000)
From: Grant Stockly <gussie@stockly.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 14:00:57 -0800
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>Ok, Macs come with things like Sound cards, SCSI, and more, that aren't
>included in base PC configurations. Also, you can't compare MHz between
>chip families, it doesn't work. And you want to know why there won't be
>a G3/PIII merger? Because the PIII architecture is disgusting, it takes
>up an enormous amount of space. The Pentium is a dying chip, with more
>and more tacked onto it until it has become ridiculously bloated. The G3
>is tiny, and runs cool. The Pentium is bloated and CISC...I don't know
>what particular comparison you have seen comparing G3's to PI's, but I'd
>like to see it...

Its overall performance that counts.

Sure, you can compare MIPS...  My 66MHz DX4 can barely play mp3s...So can
my 25MHz Amiga.  Go figure.  :)

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