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From: alfter@uns-helios.nevada.edu (SCOTT ALFTER)
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Subject: Re: New Apple II generation
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Date: 14 Dec 90 17:53:48 GMT
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In article <6323@crash.cts.com> joeq@pro-odyssey.cts.com (Joe Quilici) writes:
>I doubt an Amiga 3000 can beat out a Mac IIFX with its 40 Mhz processor, I've
>seen one, they are _FAST_ .  486/33s can beat the IIFX in various benchmarks I
>understand, maybe because they use more of a textual interface rather than
>graphical.

Clock speed is irrelevant, especially when you consider that the Amiga
has a million coprocessors while the Mac does almost everything with
just a 68030/68882 combination.

Isn't the desktop supposed to eat up about 40% of available processor
power in the Mac?

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