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Subject: Re: FIVE GOOD REASONS WHY IBM'S ARE BETTER THAN MACS
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 16:28:36 GMT
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abrazel@iastate.edu (Christan Paul Hamann) wrote:
>Then why have PC magazines shown that a 150 MHz Pentium is faster than a
>200 MHz P6? 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.
Its because PPro is optimised for 32 bit apps.
I thought the PowerPC.....wait a minute hehe just realised this, after
those people who says PC sux, pee cees etc, some of them are touting
that the Power(PC)<----- yes the hated word, is the life source for
the Macs heh kinda ironic :)
Don't bother about me, still trying to remain neutral.
/* Since I had such a hard time finding the right sig, I decided to do this*/
main(){
FILE *i;
if((i=fopen(<insert you fav .sig here>,"rb"))!=NULL){
while(!feof(i)) printf("%c",getc(i));
} /*anyone care to try? I only remember how to deal with binary file :p*/