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

[Phil Stracchino]

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)...
> 
> The tests centered around usability (time from power-up to useful desktop,
> etc.), and avoided web browsing and raw benchmarks between systems - the
> results are a bit suprising. It appears that the advances in computer
> hardware *may* be offset to a large extent by the bloated OS/applications
> now run on the machines.

And this comes as a surprise why...?


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