Re: Apple and the Holy War

[pausch@saafNOSPAM.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <nobody-9ED631.10160201052000@news.wavetech.net>,
Greg Buchner  <nobody@wavetech.net> wrote:
 
> In article <20000430233904.20437.00000659@ng-ba1.aol.com>, 
> supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:
> 
>> Ok, enough PowerPC G4 versus Intel Pentium III rhetoric.
>> What do Mac folks think of the 1Ghz AMD Athlon?  The
>> rebel company that produced the superior CPU.  ;-)
> 
> But still can be beat by a 450MHz PPC G4 on a series of
> Photoshop tests.
> 
> So, not much...the underlying technology of the Athlon
> and Pentiums is approaching 30 years old.
 
The underlying technology is actually 51 years old!!!
Yes, the transistor was invented in 1949....
 
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