The Logic Off Topic list

> Motorola makes only a fraction of its revenue from chips for Macs whereas
> AMD and Intel are at it Hammer and tongs racing ahead with development on
> X86 with Via, Transmeta and Nvidia in the equation somewhere too. That is
> why the 680xO series had to be abandoned and the rate of development of
> PowerPC has been embarassing over the last few years -- PowerPC kicked x86
> butt for years in the mid 90s but that is all over now baby blue  -- the R
> and D funding just isn't there for non x86 processors -- Sun, HP,IBM, DEC
> -- all have/are falling by the wayside.

I have an old 400Mhz Mac and a 1.5Ghz PC. While I am sure diagnostic software 
would show the PC has greater speed advantages, usability wise, I can detect 
no speed difference between the two. 

Colin Miller