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From: rs4u+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Richard Siegel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Please! 80386 vs. 68020 debate! STOP!
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Date: Thu, 13-Aug-87 08:50:19 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 13 08:50:19 1987
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Please, net.posters, don't let this bickering over the Byte article
degnerate into an argument over 80386 versus 68020! Which chip
is faster really doesn't make a bit of difference; what *is* important
is how fast a machine can complete a necessary task.

For example, my Mac can do a Sieve almost as fast as a Vax 750. Does
that make it almost as fast as a Vax 750? I doubt it. Furthermore, 
it's pretty useless to me when I need to do a 1024-point Fast Fourier Transform
and the Vax can do the FFT two orders of magnitude quicker than the Macintosh
can.

My point is that this bickering is pointless and a waste of time and
of disk space. Remember the Mac vs. Amiga argument a while back?


Everyone can feel free to express a personal opinion, but don't clutter this
newsgroup with it.

And if you feel tempted to flame at me about saying what should and should
not be posted to a newsgroup, then I recommend that you please
send such flames to me directly, and I will respond appropriately -- in
a manner that doesn't belong on a newsgroup.

		--Rich

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