home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: pluto.stayfree.co.uk!uknet!str-ccsun!not-for-mail
- From: nbc@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk (Neil Brendan Clark)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: Why are europeans dumb enough to buy amigas?
- Date: 20 Mar 1996 16:16:43 -0000
- Organization: University of Strathclyde
- Message-ID: <4ipb1b$k5r@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk>
- References: <4hpc4j$kij@trog.dra.hmg.gb> <DnyKMH.F7r@cix.compulink.co.uk> <4i41iu$21o@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> <4i4lb7$vhb@tkhut.sojourn.com>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk
-
- Matt Harrell <mharrell@sojourn1.sojourn.com> wrote:
- >
- >Ah, but then is this really a "PC" (note the quotes before you
- >flame!)? I think that what most people mean by a "PC" is an Intel
- >machine running Windows (and not Windows NT).
-
- I suppose you're right to a large extent - my machine doesn't "feel"
- in the least bit like a PC - it's as if you're using a real machine!
- The thing is, if you want to run UNIX, then a PCI based Pentium or
- better is a *very* good option. A P75 running a PC UNIX is as fast
- as some Alphas, I kid you not. However, if you run Windows on the same
- machine, it doesn't seem to be any big shakes.
-
- >However, I still tend
- >to look at Intel machines as having a "pieced-together" archicture
- >that's based on the very old, original IBM PC AT design and has had
- >numerous additions to try to keep it up to date.
-
- True to a point, but IMHO PCI is very good. True, the IRQs are a bit
- of a hassle, but again, not so much so once you dispense of Windows.
-
- --
- "Ye'd better kiss King Willie's loof, than come by Killiecrankie-o", The Corries
-
- Neil Clark, Transparent Telepresence Group
- <http://telepresence.dmem.strath.ac.uk/>
-