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[Mike Ekholm]

someone needs to learn to edit there subject line:

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On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 08:06:40PM -0400, joshua d boyd wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 05:07:39PM -0500, ward at zilla.nu wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 06:02:43PM -0400, joshua d boyd wrote:
> > 
> > > That still begs the question, aren't G4s nearly as good as P4s, since you
> > > can get a G4 in more forms than a Mac.  Say the Briq that started the
> > > whole thread, for instance.
> > 
> > G4s are generally a little slower than P4s unless you use AltiVec-enabled 
> > applications.  If you have AltiVec-enabled apps, a G4 is a lot faster.  
> 
> That is, of course, assuming that you are talking about the Motorola
> G4.  I rather suspect that the Briq might use an IBM G4, which doesn't
> have Altivec.  But, I could be wrong.  It doesn't matter since either G4
> is so much cheaper than a P4 that manufactures could easily SMP them
> (which they won't but we could dream).
> 
> -- 
> Joshua D. Boyd
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 -Mike Ekholm

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