[geeks] Fun compariosn between Mac Plus and AMD Dual Core PC

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 06:22:35AM -0500, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> 
>> Short overview - compares the two machines (Mac Plus running MacOS
>> 6.0.8 and AMD Dual Core 4800+ 2.4 GHz machine running WinXP SP2)...
> 
> Funny, my desk now has three computers on it:
> 
> An original (800k floppy) Mac/SE came from Apple with 1m RAM and a 20m HD,
> upgraded to 4m with a 50m HD. 6.0.8 on the internal HD, a 2g HP external
> drive and Apple 8x CD-ROM are added. The 2g drive has 7.5, 7.1 and 6.0.8
> on it. I also have a SCSI ethernet  adapter for it, but it is currently MIA.
> 
> A PowerMac 7100/120. 64m RAM. Runs MacOS 9.1. Includes a 2g internal HD, and
> 8x CD-ROM drive and a SCSI HP 12x CD burner, 9g USB hard drive.
> 
> A Generic P4 2.6gHz, with 80m disk, 512m RAM, and a 16x DVD burner and 
> 52X CD burner. It also bears the "IBM 3145" nameplate, which has adorned
> PC's of mine for over 20 years. :-)
> 
> Yes, I actually use all three of them.
> 
> I also have a B&W G3 running tiger which I would use if I could afford a
> 3 way USB keyboard/monitor switch.

I have two machines on my desk, and both are AMD64 machines.  There's a 
Sempron running NetBSD and an Athlon 64 X2 running Windows.  The Athlon 
is my gaming/multimedia box and has a Blu-ray burner in it.

Peace...  Sridhar