Re: The Challenge+ G4 and Athlon

["J. Arthur Davis" <jarthurdavis@earthlink.net>]

At least on the PC side many are allowed to play the game, and win or
loose as the market sees fit. On the MAC side when Apple saw that other
companies were building a better MAC they took their toys and ran home
to mother. What kind of fairness is this? I really do like some of the
things that Apple machines are able to do. I just don't like the
monopoly they have over their user base. As good as their machines are
they just are not worth being 1.5 to 2 times more expensive than the
PC's with comparable equipment.

Not trying to roast a duck here, just trying to compare apples with
whatever.

Jim Davis
mailto:jarthurdavis@earthlink.net
http://www.visual-artists.com


rafeb wrote:
> 
> At 08:54 PM 12/8/99 EST, Steve M. wrote:
> 
> [qouting dd-b@dd-b.net]
> > And I would like to see some Mac numbers for the same task as well.
> > Knowledge is power, or something, eh?
> > <snip>
> 
> >This company clearly screws up on a regular basis, too bad that G4 is
> supposed
> >to be fast. I'll never no. I'am sticking with my garbage PC...
> 
> >See the open letter to Apple. Its says it all.
> >http://arstechnica.com/wankerdesk/3q99/apple.html
> 
> Hmm. Interesting letter at that URL there.  Talk
> about fanning the flames, though...
> 
> Look, one of the fundamental differences between
> the two camps here is that there really is *no* single
> company behind the "Wintel" architecture.  With Cyrix
> out of the game, the field of CPU manufacturers has narrowed
> (too bad) but surely others will emerge to claim a piece
> of the market.  Whatever happened to NexGen?
> 
> The OS market for PCs is, IMHO, too much of a monopoly,
> and too heavily dominated by M$. I'd like to see that
> change.  The real heroes in this battle are Richard
> Stallman and Linus Torvalds, who truly "think different."
> Apple wasn't the only outfit steamrolled by M$; IBM's
> OS2 was also a very worthy contender, in its time.
> 
> I really have no idea how an Athlon will compare
> to Intel's fastest P-3.  I'm rooting for AMD
> these days just 'cuz they're working so damned hard
> to challenge Intel.  The AMD processor on my home
> PC delivers a great bang for the buck.  I'm rooting
> for Linux, too, for similar reasons.
> 
> No public response yet to my Photoshop timing measurements.
> Whatsupwitdat? ...
> 
> rafe b.
> 
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