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At 04:04 AM 2/07/02 -0400, you wrote:
>>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
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>Thats because they make powerpcs chips for many imbedded (non-computer) uses. 
>Thats a good thing not a bad thing - keeps the costs down.

Embedded  chips aren't G4s with Altivec I would bet.

>>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  
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>You can't judge by clock speed because the motorola (mac) processors get more 
>done per clock cycle than do the Intels and AMD's. This is why a 1 gig mac is 
>equivalent to a 1.5 gig Intel box. Read some comparison tests of the same 
>program like Photoshop running on both systems.

Intel/AMD are faster on FPU and at least comparable on Integer. The
Photoshop test is not relevant -- you are looking at specific routines
coded for Altivec. 

Inform yourself -- read this link below and stop believing Apple bullshit.

http://www.sospubs.co.uk/sos/jul02/articles/qa0702.asp

>Even if the mac were slightly slower, which I don't think it is-it would be 
>worth it to me for the ease of use.

My attitude to Apple and Macs would in general be live and let live -- to
each his own -- it's the music that matters. 
Apple just bought my favourite music app and killed it on my platform. 

Regards,
M