Re: TI-H: OT: The Ad I saw
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Re: TI-H: OT: The Ad I saw
>From: Grant Stockly <gussie@stockly.com>
>Reply-To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>Subject: Re: TI-H: OT: The Ad I saw
>Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 21:44:07 -0800
>
>
> >Of COURSE it is! The Sun platform is FAR superior to any either the PC
>or
> >Mac architecture has to offer. Of course, the problem is that barely any
> >consumer software is available for Sun - they have restricted themselves
>to
> >business and industry.
>
>Nope. You can run windows on a sun. You can also run any linux or unix
>program available with source or binaries.
That's all emulation - and as such, painfully slow.
> >Plus you pay a lot - but unlike with a Mac, you get
> >what you pay for.
>
>You're way off on that one.
I don't think so. What am I paying for with an iMac, exactly? "Cool
factor?" Even you must admit they are grossly overpriced.
> >And by the way, of course it's TRUE. YES, a 400MHz G3 will outperform a
> >standard PENTIUM, for GOD'S sake!!!
>
>Just look at the public workstation benchmarks and then talk. You're
>beating the dead horse pentium III. The Mac gives you what you pay for it
>and thats a fact.
What I'm "beating" is the Pentium Pro core architecture which actually IS
competitive with the G3. In addition, the Pentium II/III has the advanced
multimedia instruction set - which, if I'm not mistaken, the G3 lacks.
Software written for the Katmai instructions will blow away the same
software running on a Mac - mark my words.
> >That was my POINT - Mac won't compare a
> >G3 to a comparable processor - like a P/III or a P/II - in their ads.
>
>Yes they do. You've got whats called 'selective add choosing disorder'.
All right, my friend. Point one out to me next time you see it. Fair?
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