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Subject: Isn't the fastest Mac the 733 MHz G4?

Author: Richard A. Fowell

Date: 22:52:37 02/19/01

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I see at http://store.apple.com/ that I can order a 733 MHz G4,
which should do pretty well with HIARCS 7.0. It would be
interesting to see HIARCS 7.0 benchmarks on the Athlon 1200
and the 733 MHz G4.

Richard


On February 19, 2001 at 17:47:53, Shep wrote:

>On February 19, 2001 at 13:57:58, Joseph Merolle wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>Even though mac computers are not populer , they are considered by experts a
>>superior machien and much much faster. How come there has not been any games
>>from mac in computer vs gm play. Also how come they are never used in any
>>computer chess wars. i would love to see if there is a diferents in ratings
>>beteen the top mac computers and top ibm compatible computers useing all the top
>>programs. However i realize that top programs are not comming out with mac
>>compatible programs but i wonder if you can discover tommarows chess tecnology
>>using macs today.
>
>On my G3-233 at work, Hiarcs 7.0 hits around 40 knps (if my memory is correct),
>that's about the speed of a 400 MHz PII (since it hits around 60 knps on my
>PIII-550s). The fastest Mac around (the G4-500) will probably perform relatively
>better (been too lazy to check :), but likely not be faster than an Athlon 1200
>for chess.
>
>---
>Shep



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