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- From: philip@nexus.yorku.ca (Phil McDunnough)
- Subject: Re: SoftAT and PC Benchmark results...
- Message-ID: <1992Dec19.224349.9547@newshub.ccs.yorku.ca>
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- Organization: York University, CS Dept. Toronto
- References: <1992Dec15.120210.276@physc1.byu.edu>
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 22:43:49 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec15.120210.276@physc1.byu.edu> seth@physc1.byu.edu writes:
- >I ran some PC-clone benchmark programs last night that I got from a clone-drone
- >friend of mine. I have a IIsi and SoftAT, and I was curious...
- >Well, the results were many and varied, but here's the poop:
- >My IIsi was rated to be between approximately 200% - 550% faster than a
- >4.77 MHz 8088-based original IBM PC. A different benchmark program said I have
- >the equivalent of a 10 MHz 8088 in my machine. Well, I thought that was kind
- >of funny, and I thought others might like to know what kind of a PC my mac
- >really is...
- >BTW, I wonder how a Quadra would do on these tests? Anyone with a Quadra and
- >SoftAT who would like to try, I would be glad to email the benchmark programs.
-
- These benchmarks are deceiving. I've owned SoftAT and SoftPC for the NeXT.
- Anything which involves graphics is painfully slow. Given the price of clones,
- one would be better off with one of those. Most PC sw has equivalents in the
- Mac world, for general use that is. The type of software not available for
- the Mac would be unbearable using SoftPC. Insignia may have very good people
- working for them, but I really wonder whether or not this product is very
- useful.
-
- Philip McDunnough
- University of Toronto
- philip@utstat.toronto.edu
-
- PS: To the person who wanted to run Windows on SoftAT: forget it.
-