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- From: koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com (Steve Koren)
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- Subject: Re: New Press Release!
- Date: 12 Mar 1996 09:57:09 -0700
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- kcci1@central.susx.ac.uk (Alan L.M. Buxey) wrote:
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- > : Even a full-blown 68030 is a incredibly slow by today's standards.
- >
- > slow for PC type OS's - the Amiga can do a lot with that power.
-
- Yes, for OS stuff the Amiga zips along rather well, but there are plenty
- of computationally bound tasks for which an efficient does nothing.
-
- > : running at least an '060 (which is still slow) they're doomed.
- >
- > 060`s are by no means slow - as fast as pentiums in fact.
-
- Perhaps as fast as the very slowest 60 Mhz Pentiums, in some cases. But
- in general no, they are not. And Pentiums are one generation old now.
-
- I hate the 80x86 as much as anybody, but one thing that cannot be denied
- is that they have managed to make it very fast. Much faster than the
- baddest 68060 you can buy.
-
- - steve
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