On 2005-03-20 23:44, Tim Maloney wrote: > Settle a bet. I was telling a friend of mine, who started with macs when the > Power Mac7100s came out, that the 840s were actually faster than the first > Power Macs. Apple went the way of the PPC because they knew faster speeds were > more attainable with the PPC architecture than with 68k, but those first > attempts weren't quite there, as nice as they were. > > What do you think Vintage Mac'ers?
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