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From: marti@ethz.UUCP (Robert Marti)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Not All MIPS are Created Equally
Keywords: MIPS
Message-ID: <2310@ethz.UUCP>
Date: 23 Oct 89 10:07:44 GMT
References: <1989Oct20.190436.22949@sj.ate.slb.com>
Organization: ETH Zuerich
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In article <1989Oct20.190436.22949@sj.ate.slb.com>, enk@sj.ate.slb.com
(Edan Kabatchnik) writes:

> Recently there has been a thread of discussion comparing $/MIPS or MIPS/$
> depending on the article.  My question for you is "Why is this a reasonable
> means of comparing computing power for the money?"

It isn't.  After all, MIPS stands for "Meaningless Indicator of Processor
Speed".

Sorry, I just couldn't resist ;-)

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