Re: Apple and the Holy War

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Phoenyx <quazar@dcnet2000.com> wrote:

>Henrik Gudat wrote:
>> 
>> This Mhz debate is pretty childish IMHO. After all, you're posting
>> this to a Apple II newsgroup where one might think Mhz don't matter. A
>> computer is fast enough when you're getting your jobs done -  be it at
>> 1Ghz, 500Mhz or 1.024 Mhz.
>> 
>> - henrik
>
>For years I had this argument with a friend who often stated
>his XT (and 6mhz AT) out-performed my Apple. Put side by side
>the Apple usually responded to the user much better. Of course
>most tests were with Applesoft where the 512k Zram helped to
>even things out. That and I had better games.

You should see how slowly an IBM AT 8Mhz runs an old
GUI on CGA or Hercules compared to a stock IIGS running
GS/OS.  Or try unzipping a file on the AT and comparing
the speed to using Angel to unzip a file on a stock IIGS.

I also don't doubt that a G4 would outperform a Pentium III
of a given clock speed.  But yes, while design makes
a difference, you can only take it so far.  A 500Mhz G4
can match or even outperform a 750Mhz Pentium III in
some tasks but the 1Ghz Athlon is a pretty big jump in
clock speed.