In a message dated 8/29/02 6:13:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> if he wants it fast, he'll stay the hell away from the silly pentium, > the whole point is that intel's risc chips scorch pentiums in terms of > performance. the x86 line is on life support, the fast risc chips are > what's coming next and what many truly high performance workstations > use. ---------------------------------- Frankly, speaking only from experience, I don't find the RISC Macs any faster than the Intel PC's. In fact, some of the more complex programs benefit in speed from CISC. As for the x86 pattern, I doubt that much remains of the DOS version these days in Pentium processors. My cousin, who worked for years at IBM has a low opinion of RISC technology. He says it's more difficult to write for RISC; and he hated it. br -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
