Re: Re. Sun-Apple

[jasonp@norton.sps.mot.com (Jason Perez)]

In article <55IJhcv.seanlynch@delphi.com> seanlynch <seanlynch@delphi.com> writes:
>Jawaid Bazyar <bazyar@hypermall.com> writes:
> 
>>  Indeed, I just purchased a PowerMac for $1000 (refurbished with a
>>warranty). It's a lot faster than 486-class machines.

  Yeah, but that's like comparing a PPC machine to an 040 machine.

>One thing I'll never understand is that with PowerMac's significant
>speed advantage, why doesn't Apple say so on TV?

   Because with Intel's 133 and 150 MHz Pentiums, the speed advantage isn't
much.

>Apple should just answer:
> 
>			3) 40-50% faster than a pentium.

   Not true, more like 10-15%.  Even worse, the 604 is getting blown
away by the Pentium Pro, the 620 is super late and not much faster than
a 604 (albeit it's 64 bit), and no new core seems forthcoming from the 
PPC camp in the near future.

>			4) the same or less than a pentium.
 
    Definitely not true, priced PowerMac 7500's lately.  About $2700.
Pentium machines can be had for around $2K.  Maybe things will get
better when the PowerPC Platform machines start appearing, and have
the ability to run multiple OS's.

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