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Article #722265Re: Apple's Biggest Mistakes...
From: web... Webboy
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 00:00
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 00:00
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In article <01bc7802$cf411d30$f138e084@e819387>, "Chris Davidson" <Christophe...@PSS.Boeing.com> wrote: > > MEANINGLESS!? What is wrong with you? MIPS is THE best way to compare > > processor power! Not Mhz, not architecture, not number of diodes, not > > how many you can shove in your ass at one time, but MIPS because that's > > what it all boils down to. You fool. > > Personally, I haven't seen these tests, much less heard of what MIPS > is....but do you honestly think that you are going to get something done > faster than a person with a Pentium? In the real world, almost everthing > is networked....which again is limited by usually ethernet.....which is > almost always regular ethernet at 10mbs. I don't care who, you are, that's > gunna slow you down. And if you think that getting the software loaded > faster, or maybe having a little faster calculation is going to make you > more productive, your wrong. The only thing that will, is if you, > yourself, are just plain faster, not your puter. > > Chris Davidson Obviously you haven't been in the "real world" long then. Seconds cound, when you are doing somilar intensive operations all day. -- web...@webname.com
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From: web...@webname.com (Webboy) Subject: Re: Apple's Biggest Mistakes... Date: 1997/06/13 Message-ID: <webboy-ya02408000R1306971647100001@news.azstarnet.com> X-Deja-AN: 248254582 References: <3366BD66.2149@bigfoot.com> <33680303.2A2@NOSPAM.san.rr.com> <5kavq4$6re@dfw-ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> <5kl38h$9dr@bambam.megatek.com> <336EFDDF.715B@NetJoin.COM> <337981C9.4C60@pacbell.net> <g9404781-2005971743520001@hanmac66.anu.edu.au> <33881F8E.F4FF5228@axess.com> <338f38ff.45957628@news.fyi.net> <5mduca$kei@dfw-ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> <338C75E0.33E9@nospam.surfcity.nb.ca> <33988623.20905773@news.praxis.net> <339C20FC.556F@nospam.surfcity.nb.ca> <339DF294.5DEC@pe.net> <1997Jun11.135448.10323@ja <01bc7802$cf411d30$f138e084@e819387> Organization: Webboy Productions Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk,alt.bbs,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic,alt.wired,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video,alt.2600,alt.binaries.misc,alt.hackers.gr MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit