Re: TI-H: Power PC
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Re: TI-H: Power PC
Same processor tht the G3 uses but 500, 750 and 1,000MHz... It looks cool.
>Where can I get info on the G4- I can't find it anywhere
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>>Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 18:39:00 -0800 (AKDT)
>>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>>From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
>>Subject: Re: TI-H: Power PC
>>Reply-To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
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>>Wow... Well, your laptop isn't that high up in the line. a 117MHz 603
>is
>>about equal to a 90MHz 601.
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>>>I do aggree though that the Mac OS is quite bloated and slow, and
>needs major
>>>improvement in tose lines. For example, if I'm online, and I'm typing
>into a
>>>form on an html documaent, the text I type lags because it is spending
>too
>>>much processing power on the connection. A modern OS could cycle
>between all
>>>and keep everything runing efficiently. (Mac OS X hopefuly soon!) Even
>Mac OS
>>>8.5 sounds like one heck od an upgrade. Not realy major in general,
>but major
>>>individual improvements. I look forward to both upgrades.
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>>Mac OS is real cool, and optimized. It is 33 percent faster on the
>G3...
>>They aren't as fast as they are going to get. :)
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>>The G4 is going to be released this winter, or Q1 of 1999. This guy at
>>PowerMac of alaska was talking to apple about how BP (British Petro)
>>switched to PC.
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>>So, apple basically said we will send you a G4, but if it gets even a
>>scratch we will fine your butt.
>>
>>The G4 1,000MHz computer was able to do a siesmic readout in 1 minute
>and
>>23 seconds. The DEC (I couldn't realy see the logo clear enough)
>computer
>>they had with 8 300MHz PIIs took 28 minutes. :)
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>>We could only see a video of it since it was under constant guard. The
>>thing is worth about $40,000. (Because its a prefab of the chip.)
>The G4
>>will go for less than $5,000. Unless Intel can release a 10,000 puter,
>PCs
>>are out of luck. :)
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