Re: TI-H: (OT about Grant's 486/68000)


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Re: TI-H: (OT about Grant's 486/68000)




>Ok, Macs come with things like Sound cards, SCSI, and more, that aren't
>included in base PC configurations. Also, you can't compare MHz between
>chip families, it doesn't work. And you want to know why there won't be
>a G3/PIII merger? Because the PIII architecture is disgusting, it takes
>up an enormous amount of space. The Pentium is a dying chip, with more
>and more tacked onto it until it has become ridiculously bloated. The G3
>is tiny, and runs cool. The Pentium is bloated and CISC...I don't know
>what particular comparison you have seen comparing G3's to PI's, but I'd
>like to see it...

Its overall performance that counts.

Sure, you can compare MIPS...  My 66MHz DX4 can barely play mp3s...So can
my 25MHz Amiga.  Go figure.  :)


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