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- At 06:47 PM 3/5/96 -0700, Clifford T. Matthews wrote:
- >>>>>> "Brian" == Brian Quinlan <quinlan@news.sfu.ca> writes:
- >In article <4hd66p$8mu@morgoth.sfu.ca> quinlan@news.sfu.ca (Brian Quinlan)
- writes:
- >
- >
- > Brian> Clifford T. Matthews <ctm@ardi.com> writes:
- > >> Although the specific claim that "MHz per MHz Executor runs 68k
- > >> code faster than a PPC601" is no longer true (it was true when
- > >> SynPaper was written, when Apple was still shipping their first
- > >> 68k emulator), the point I was making in the exchange between
- > >> Joe and me is still correct. SoftWindows can run a greater
- > >> percentage of applications than Executor can, but Executor is
- > >> significantly faster than SoftWindows.
- >
- > Brian> This may be true but it's not a useful comparison. People
- > Brian> who use PowerMacs probably don't use 68K programs to do any
- > Brian> work where speed is important so the rate at which the PPC
- > Brian> macs run 68K programs isn't important. A better comparison
- > Brian> chart would be.
- >
- > Brian> PowerMac Pentium
- > Brian> Speed of native
- > Brian> applications.
- >
- > Brian> Speed of other
- > Brian> platform emulated
- > Brian> applications
- >
- >Executor runs 68k based Mac programs on the x86 architecture *much*
- >faster than SoftWindows runs runs x86 based programs on the PPC
- >architecture. I tossed in the erroneous comparison because I thought
- >that would be a good illustration of Executor's speed that many
- >readers would relate to. Of course since it was incorrect, it didn't
- >make a good illustration at all, which is why I was so quick to
- >retract the statement.
- >
-
- Take away the portion of $oftWindows than Intel licenced to the authors and
- see what portion of the programs will run. Executor is "clean room"
- emulation. Given that $oftWindows uses Intel licensed code and Executor
- does not, shouldn't this argument be changed to just how DUMB Apple was to
- not have System 7.x (or 5.x or 6.x, or whatever) running on the Intel
- platform by now, rather than how fast the only one that DOES runs?
-
- By your logic, every one who upgraded to PPC from 68K Macs has either bought
- all new software or numbers among the greatest pirates in history. I wonder
- which?
-
- John
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