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

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Subject: Re: TI-H: (OT about Grant's 486/68000)
From: Grant Stockly <gussie@stockly.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 13:44:35 -0800
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>you build it yourself - another thing you can't do with a Mac).  Something
>of equivalent performance and capability would cost about $2500-$2600 from
>Mac.  You can't deny that.

You can build one yourself (I have some macs in ATX boxes) and it doesn't
cost that ANYMORE.

>Don't get me wrong - I think the Mac is a _GREAT_ platform.  But Macintosh,
>Inc. has CRIPPLED it.

Tell me, since when is it Macintosh Inc?

>P.S. - out of curiosity, can you run Linux on a Mac?

You can run 5 different distributions of Linux on Macs, OpenBSD, NetBSD,
BeOS, and some specialized Linux takeoffs.

My G3 with linux is able to make people stare...and they didn't know it was
a mac because It had a MAG monitor, PC mouse, PC keyboard, and it was in an
ATX case.


>>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...

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