[geeks] OSX 10.4.2, FireFox 1.0.5 out

Sandwich Maker adh at an.bradford.ma.us
Thu Jul 14 12:11:17 CDT 2005


" From: Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com>
" 
" Thu, 14 Jul 2005 @ 09:36 -0400, Kurt Huhn said:
" 
" > On Jul 14, 2005, at 4:28 AM, Jonathan Groll wrote:
" > > Seriously not intended as a troll. Granted, many, many factors come  
" > > into
" > > play when doing comparisons, only one of which is clock speed. However,
" > > many of us, and for too long now have blithely accepted the apple  
" > > gospel
" > > that PPC is the inherently "superior" architecture. Surely, though,
" > > there must come a time when a processor with enough pure 'grunt' can
" > > outperform one that is slower but more able?
" > >
" > 
" > MHz != speed.  
" 
" I don't believe that's what he is saying.
" 
" He's saying that the clock speeds of Intel/AMD CPUs are being boosted so
" much that they are making up for architectural issues.

while we're thrashing this, has anyone else seen this article?
http://www.embedded.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=165701313
rather provocative...
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