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  6. From: quinlan@news.sfu.ca (Brian Quinlan)
  7. Newsgroups: comp.emulators.mac.executor,comp.sys.mac.advocacy
  8. Subject: Re: Executor (was Re: MACINTOSH IS BEST)
  9. Date: 3 Mar 1996 22:24:25 GMT
  10. Organization: Simon Fraser University
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  20.  
  21. Clifford T. Matthews <ctm@ardi.com> writes:
  22.  
  23. >Although the specific claim that "MHz per MHz Executor runs 68k code
  24. >faster than a PPC601" is no longer true (it was true when SynPaper was
  25. >written, when Apple was still shipping their first 68k emulator), the
  26. >point I was making in the exchange between Joe and me is still
  27. >correct.  SoftWindows can run a greater percentage of applications
  28. >than Executor can, but Executor is significantly faster than
  29. >SoftWindows.
  30.  
  31. This may be true but it's not a useful comparison. People who use
  32. PowerMacs probably don't use 68K programs to do any work where
  33. speed is important so the rate at which the PPC macs run 68K programs
  34. isn't important. A better comparison chart would be.
  35.  
  36.             PowerMac    Pentium
  37. Speed of native        
  38. applications.
  39.  
  40. Speed of other    
  41. platform emulated
  42. applications
  43.  
  44. --
  45. Brian Quinlan    "Never ask what sort of computer a guy drives. If he's a Mac
  46. quinlan@sfu.ca    user, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass him?" - Tom Clancy
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