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From: mikep@hpmwtd.HP.COM (Mike Powell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: POST (was Re: Amiga vs. Mac -- convince me...)
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Date: 15 Mar 91 02:21:20 GMT
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	Actually, Ryan, the A500 probably sees some of the most CPU intensive
	workloads on average... the reason for this is because of it's
	heavy use as a games platform.  The "Power Systems" have all the
	extra speed _when needed_. But the A500 spends many hours back-to-back
	doing full-screen animation/music/sprites/ etc...  Whereas
	my 25Mhz '030 sits around most all of the time letting me
	slowly design 3-D objects for Lightwave... and then I use
	the '030's horsepower for no more than 15-20 minutes to render
	a 3-D image....   The big machines have the power when it is needed
	but for the most part, most applications underutilize the machine for
	a majority of the time (there are exceptions of course).

	The A500 is a hard workin' piece of hardware.

	-Mike-