"You Won't Believe Who Wins"

[David Greelish]

Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:52:43 -0400
> From: Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com>
>
> Jim Leonard wrote:
>> Cameron Kaiser wrote:
>>> This is a fascinating, if somewhat qualitative, comparison of user
>>> interface and functionality of a Mac Plus and an AMD dual core.
>>> Presented without further commentary.
>>>
>>> http://hubpages.com/hub/ 
>>> _86_Mac_Plus_Vs_07_AMD_DualCore_You_Wont_Believe_Who_Wins
>>>
>>
>> A bit skewed, to say the least.  The AMD would have won if it were
>> running a Mac Plus emulator, for example :-)

This is very interesting, and I'm sure true, but they're comparing  
the modern system as a modern system to the older one. The article  
makes a good point in regard to performing these basic office app tasks.

> I have a 2GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 with 1GB RAM that gets booted into  
> MS-DOS
> 7.1 at least twice a week.  Anyone care to guess the boot time on  
> that?

The only thing is, in DOS, it won't function as a true GUI with true  
GUI apps, so the comparison is moot. How about GeoWorks Ensemble? How  
about Windows XP on a system with no additional "stuff" loaded, like  
anti-virus, etc. It's an interesting article, but just how optimized  
was this system for just office apps. Obviously the Mac Plus didn't  
go online, etc., but I get the point, it was a standard system then,  
compared to a standard system now. Where's the productivity advantage?

Best, David

David Greelish
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