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I think Macs suck the big 1. Whos with me?

Bryan E Holland-Minkley wrote:

> Excerpts from netnews.alt.games.marathon: 3-Jun-97 Re: Power Notebook
> Computer.. by rj...@rjfm2.demon.co.uk
> >
> > >FWIW, you're wrong. The "most powerful laptop in the market" [sic]
> is the
> > >Apple Macintosh Powerbook 3400 series, which comes in 180, 200, and
> 240
> > >MHz models. That's right, 240 MHz. And that's a RISC chip, not
> over-hyped,
> > >under-powered MMX "technology" (good for dancing commercial actors,
> but
> > >for little else). And these PowerBooks have been out for some time
> now,
> > >too. To confirm this, please visit any retailer where finer
> computers are
> > >sold.
> >
> > Yawn, yawn, yawn!...can you run Diablo or  Tomb Raider on your
> Mac...I
> > don;t think so...
>
>     Actually, from what I've read, the 3400/240 is fast enough that it
>
> can run PC programs, under emulation, faster than the fastest PC
> laptop.
>  So yes, I can run Diablo or Tomb Raider on my Mac (not that I
> actually
> have a 3400/240, mind you).  Can you run Marathon Infinity on your PC?
>
> I don't think so.



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