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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (70545)	9/1/1999 12:47:00 AM
From: grok	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573782

RE: <The sad thing is, all the Mac fanatics believe this bull like it was gospel.> That sounds familiar. Where have I noticed that pattern before? ... Oh! I know, the Rambus thread!

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (70545)	9/1/1999 1:36:00 AM
From: Dan3	Respond to of 1573782

Re: the PowerPC G4 500 MHz is 2.94 times faster than a Pentium III 600 MHz The power PC was in a Piper Cub, traveling at 120 mph, and the Pentium III was in a 65 VW Beetle, traveling at 40. Dan

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (70545)	9/1/1999 1:48:00 AM
From: Mani1	Respond to of 1573782

Tench Re <<I guess the key word is "available.">> Actually the word "available" was referring to onsale, as in the fast chip in the world is available at onsale, not the fastest chip available at onsale is PIII. So it wasn't referring to general availability, so it was indeed a false statement. LOL, now I confused myself! :) But I think you get my point. Mani