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- Christer Bjarnemo (christer.bjarnemo@mailbox.swipnet.se) wrote:
- : On 19-Mar-96 16:58:36, Nathanael J Henderson wrote:
- : >: Not to mention we
- : >: can run his lame mac software on our machines if we choose..
-
- : >At a fraction of the speed of Mac/PCs costing much less.
-
- : You get what you pay for! :-)
-
- Usually. Amigans don't seem to be getting the hardware they payed
- for, though. :-0
-
- : > Sheesh! Get a clue--even low-end PowerMacs are faster than 060 Amigas.
- : >(Disclaimer for the mentally challenged: By PowerMacs I mean currently
- : >shipping models, even though even the slowest PowerMac ever built is
- : >still probably as fast/faster than the fastest Amiga model.)
-
- : Not if you are running the Pomacs in 680x0 emulation mode; and that's what
- : you have to do to run most software (i guess).
-
- Not really. If you walk into any store and buy any program off the
- shelf, odds are it's PPC native. If it's a serious business program or
- high-end game, you can bet on it being native. Lack of native programs
- was an issue two years ago, but not now.
-
- : The 68060 is *MUCH* faster than a Pomac when they are running 680x0 code..
-
- But nobody cares. :-) Emulated 68K programs haven't been a real issue
- for some time.
-
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- "I was practically naked, dressed as a dominatrix and was slapping the
- audience with this huge rubber dick I was carrying. (Bill Gates)
- wandered by, so I started screaming 'Serve Me! Serve Me!' and put the
- dick on his shoulder--at which point, he emitted a mouse-like squeal and
- ran away. It was quite a scene." Slymenstra (GWAR)
-