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- Lars Nelson (lars@infohwy.com) wrote:
-
- : One benchmark was faster than another. So what.
-
- Practically speaking it's a draw, but the important factor is not how
- an 060 compares to a 66 Mhz Pentium--it's how it compares to the
- 90/100/120 Mhz and higher machines that are currently shipping in such
- quantity. (If you *really* want a laugh we could always compare it to
- the 150Mhz PowerPC 604 Mac clones. :-)
-
- : Don't you know
- : that software applications run on a 68060 Amiga can run faster than on a
- : Pentium Mhz for Mhz.
-
- While technically true, it's not a relevant point. Pentiums are
- shipping at 150Mhz, while the last I heard even hacked 060's sold on
- accelerator cards didn't go over 80Mhz.
-
- : Have you tried running Lightwave on a Pentium versus
- : a 68060? Amiga wins. What's hilarious is that the Pentium is a 64-bit
- : processor running on new hardware, and the 68060 is still 32-bit and
-
- Nice of you to acknowledge the relative primativeness of Amiga
- hardware, but the Pentium is NOT 64-bit. (Neither are the PowerPC 601, 603,
- or even 604.)
-
- ----
- "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)
-