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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.com!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!csugrad.cs.vt.edu!csugrad.cs.vt.edu!not-for-mail From: jaitken@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Jeff Aitken) Newsgroups: alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc,alt.binaries.warez.mac,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.acorn.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.machten,comp.unix.pc-clone.16bit,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.user-friendly Subject: Re: FIVE GOOD REASONS WHY IBM'S ARE BETTER THAN MACS Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy Date: 17 Apr 1996 14:57:20 -0400 Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA Lines: 24 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4l3eug$p0t@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> References: <4ke9k9$17v@masala.cc.uh.edu> <abrazel-1104961204470001@dial29.ppp.iastate.edu> <4kpik2$1h7e@rex.cadvision.com> <abrazel-1604961011350001@dial25.ppp.iastate.edu> Reply-To: jaitken@vt.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: csugrad.cs.vt.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc:34709 alt.binaries.warez.mac:3193 comp.os.linux.advocacy:45900 comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy:123878 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:22112 comp.os.msdos.misc:53502 comp.os.os2.advocacy:194165 comp.sys.acorn.advocacy:8340 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:100087 comp.sys.next.advocacy:34832 comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy:2808 comp.unix.advocacy:19503 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17496 comp.unix.bsd.misc:747 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3076 comp.unix.machten:2257 comp.unix.pc-clo ne.16bit:673 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:9232 comp.unix.shell:31742 comp.unix.solaris:66229 comp.unix.user-friendly:3606 Christan Paul Hamann (abrazel@iastate.edu) wrote: : And the PowerPC has been shown to be 38% faster than an : equivalent Pentium. That makes the PowerPC that is 3/4 the MHz rating at : least 38% faster. Better open another can of whoopass (and wait about 2 : years for an Intel processor that is as fast as the PowerPC is today. Gee, I'm sitting in front of a 266MHz AlphaStation (soon to be 300MHz) that'll kick the crap out of both the PowerPC and the Pentium Pro, so I guess I have a bigger penis than all of you, right? Perhaps *you* should wait a couple years for Intel/Motorola/IBM/whomever else to catch up to where DEC is today. Whatever you think, *PLEASE* take this silly "debate" elsewhere. Looking at the newsgroups line, I have to imagine that 99% of us who've seen this thread could really give a shit. [Followup's trimmed] And I thought the Linux vs. FreeBSD nonsense was bad. You people really need to find more to do. -- Jeff Aitken jaitken@vt.edu