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Re: OS For IIGS




Mike Horwath wrote:
>
> Mitchell Spector <spec@vax2.concordia.ca> wrote:
> :     Give me an example of something running faster than a 200
> : MHz Pentium, no blanket statements here, I want solid examples
> : of software and cases.
>
> Hmm...
>
> Ultra 2/300 on FP (hell, about any Ultra beats a Pentium in FP),
> Integer, and memory bandwidth.  Has a wider I/O bus and doesn't
> require the blessing of Bill Gates.

Photoshop and other similar graphic design software (Photopaint,
etc.), spreadsheets like Quattro, Macromind type software all
run faster on fast PowerPC's (say 200MHz+ PowerComputing) than
Pentiums.

-Scott G.