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Pitting a Mac Plus Against an AMD Dual Core
In the Age of Computer Bloat someone has decided to do a performance comparison between a 1986 Mac Plus and a 2007 AMD Dual core, each running appropriate software. Computer Bloat does not fare so well. "In order to keep the hoots and hollers of 'unfair comparison' at a minimum, we designed the tests to be as fair and equitable as possible. We focussed on running tests that reflect how the user perceives the computing experience... And no, we didn't include processing-heavy modern software like Photoshop or Crysis! We selected very basic everyday functions that were performed equally by the 1980's and the 2007 Microsoft applications."
He likes ice cream. Spoon it right into the "cup holder" and he might grant you a wish!
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*** the webserver lost
Guess we've established that the Mac Plus was not the best choice for hosting the web site?
Three Squirrels
compare "start up tasks" like opening a file or booting the OS. There often is a good reason not to focus too much on these events, because don't happen that often.
Based on this post, I believe that you must use a Mac, and are just defending the poor 1986 mac.
You don't open files often, so you're not a Linux user. Those guys open files like crazy, all the time. Like, everything is a file to them, and then they open it.
You don't reboot often, so you're obviously not a Windows user.
Please be clear and reveal your personal biases in such important benchmark test discussions.
Returned Peace Corps IT Volunteer
Only the AMD dual core can run Clippy while you go about your work, that's the only thing that matters in my book...
Light a fire for a man and he'll be warm for a day. Light a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
then getting people to ditch their computers completely is like curing cancer and AIDS.
I submitted this from my 1985 Amiga to proved that even a 1986 Mac is bloated and slow.
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
This is proof positive that Steve Jobs traveled to the alternate future in the Dolorean Woz invented to subsequently steal all his technology from the Amiga intergalactic headquarters on Lunar Base Lorannie.
Then one day Bill Gates found Steve's copy of the "Workbench 3.1 Users Guide" sitting in the Delorean, and hijacked it traveling back in time to give his younger self a copy, and therefore, the keys to a multi-billion dollar future of corrupt monopolies.
Me, I use emacs. It was sluggish back then, and it's still sluggish now :) (At least, the startup time is a little annoying).
so, clearly, I cannot choose the cup in front of you.
so, clearly, I cannot choose the cup in front of me.
just a ghost in the machine.
Well, to be pedantic, ancient machines were running Trans-Cave Protocol / Abacus Protocol. TCP/AP proved wildly successful. It's affects on the economy were downright chiseling.
Eroom's Law: Every 18 months, computer software requires twice the computing power to operate.
This is the counter to Moore's law and explains why the testing achieved the results they did.
Brian