Author: Manuel Leone
Date: 21:46:59 12/12/99
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On December 12, 1999 at 17:31:25, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >Not likely. > >The G4 is a very good processor. It's about 20% faster (at computer chess) than >an equivalently clocked PPro/PII/PIII/Celeron/Athlon. > >Unfortunately for Mac users, the fastest G4 available is 450MHz. That translates >to a ~540MHz Intel processor. That's respectable, but it's still a pretty far >cry from the 733MHz PIII and 750MHz Athlon. > >What's also unfortunate is Apple's marketing strategy of blatently lying to >consumers. > >-Tom > What chess software did you use to arrive at the 20% speed difference?
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