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- From: stefan@stefan.spn.com
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: PC is faster than Mac? Myth or Truth?
- Message-ID: <92122222020400161@stefan.spn.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 21:02:04 GMT
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- In article <18DEC199221474055@rosie.uh.edu>, mece1us@rosie.uh.edu writes:
- > As a Macintosh user, I feel uncomfortable when I hear somebody says:" IBM
- PC
- > is faster than Macintosh in calculation. Mac is an excellent word
- processor
- > and is good for graphic application. It is not fast enough for serious
- > mathematical calculation or modeling." I hear this kind of word many
- times,
- > even a Electrical Engineer Professor said that. I would like to know
- whether
- > PC is really faster than a Mac for the same clock speed and similar model
- CPU.
-
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-
- It depends of what you're talking of.
-
-
- If you're talking of rough horsepower, the answer is yes, especially,
- if you compare prices.
-
- If you're talking of productivity, the answer is no (i_M_ho). Productivity
- isn't equal to CPU speed, but includes setup, networkability, staff
- training
- (i.e. consistent interface), staff motivation (i.e. nice interface) etc.
-
- If you're talking of rough velocity on graphics applications, I'm not
- sure.
-
- If you're talking of fun, well...
-
-
- And if you're talking of truely professional image enhancement or serious
- number crunching, forget about any pc or mac and move to workstations or
- even mainframes. The world is a little bigger than the pc/mac battle, as
- your prof should have told you.
-
-
- Stefan
-