Re: Re. Sun-Apple

[scottw@onyx.southwind.net (Scott Weierich)]

Dennis Doms (ddoms@qni.com) wrote:

: >You can't compare the MHz speeds on a Pentium and a PPC.... Pardon the
: >pun, but it's like comparing apples and oranges. <shrug> JD Powers & Assc.
: >ran some benchmarks and found that the PPC, MHz for MHz is 36% faster.
: >Meaning a 100MHz PPC is actually faster than a 133MHz Pentium. Meaning the
: >150MHz PPCs smoke 166MHz Pentiums. Why? PPC chips are RISC based. CISC
: >processors are yesterday's news. They're more expensive to produce.
: >Larger. Run hotter. (Which increases resistance and slows things down.)
: >And, in general, run slower. And considering the PowerMacs are running its
: >OS in emulation mode, my, oh my... just wait for System 8. 

: I agree on the first part. (Comparing MHz for different processors.)

: I disagree on the second part. Look at other published performance
: stats for the Pentium Pros, since you can get 200MHz. (Oh, I'm sorry,
: I guess that is a bit more than the MHz the touted PPC has so far
: achieved. :)

Dennis,

Using the before meantioned index of 36% faster, 150Mhz on a PPC is 
therefore equivalent to 204Mhz in Pentium speed. Just do the math baby!

Scott