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  5. Date: Sat, 17 Feb 96 15:33 GMT
  6. From: glynw@cix.compulink.co.uk (Glyn Williams)
  7. Subject: Re: Spot the difference. P-pro
  8. To: lightwave@garcia.com
  9. Cc: glynw@cix.compulink.co.uk
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  17.  
  18. > >        I have been shopping for some Pentium Pro machines.
  19. > >        Intergraph quoted me:
  20. > >                Single Pentium Pro 200MHz 64M Ram ..... ï¿½14,000 (UKP)
  21. > >        Gateway quoted me:
  22. > >                Single Pentium Pro 200MHz 64M Ram.....�4000 (UKP)
  23. > >                
  24. > >        Would you like to play spot the difference?
  25. > 
  26. >     OK, but if they are MORE than 3.5 times as fast, they are a good 
  27. > buy, no?
  28. > (Which, btw, I doubt, but you never know....)
  29.  
  30. For running Lightwave - they would be almost exactly the same. - When 
  31. Running SoftImage the Intergraph's hardware 3D would do faster previews - 
  32. but rendering (MentalRay) would not be improved one jot. 
  33.  
  34. Glyn Williams  -  Particle Systems