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To: THE WATSONYOUTH who wrote (70607)	9/1/1999 3:09:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576257

<AltiVec in a RISC architecture is MUCH more powerful than SSE or 3DNOW in a x86 design. So for some/many applications, it could easily be faster than PIII or Athlon.> There's no doubt about that. The Velocity engine (formerly known as AltiVec) is more powerful than SSE or 3DNow. The only problem I have is with Steve Jobs, who is spreading propaganda and feeding off of the cult-like mentality of Mac fanatics. To those guys, credibility is not a burden that Steve must deal with, but the rest of us may feel differently. So while PowerPC G4 may indeed be faster than the fastest Pentium III or Athlon out there, we definitely can't take Steve's word on it. Tenchusatsu

To: THE WATSONYOUTH who wrote (70607)	9/1/1999 3:56:00 PM
From: Charles R	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576257

<<No kidding! As of this morning they are still rejoicing! The tendency on that thread to spin bad news to good news is mind boggling.> The Apple G4 contains a PPC with the AltiVec instruction set enhancement. AltiVec in a RISC architecture is MUCH more powerful than SSE or 3DNOW in a x86 design. So for some/many applications, it could easily be faster than PIII or Athlon. Let's WAIT for some objective testing.(not Steve Jobs) I'm disappointed Motorola wasn't able to push beyond 500MHz. > I was referring to the RMBS thread. Apple is not of much interest to me - at least not enough to read that thread.