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To: Bill Jackson who wrote (5875)	11/4/1997 7:50:00 PM
From: Mark Palmberg	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213173

I agree, Bill. That's a great idea. But you'll notice that the post of mine to which you replied described a scenario in which a 233Mhz PowerMac G3 is blowing the doors off an Intel 300Mhz machine. I think that's fair, and according to early reports coming in from users of the G3 developer models, this is a reality. Chalk it up to Motorola and their chip, I suppose, but it has meaning to me that a 233Mhz machine can cost the same as a 300Mhz machine and perform better than its "faster" counterpart (and won't these Macs still have a slower internal bus speed than most 300Mhz PCs?). Whether this is due to a streamlined OS or a better implementation of backside cache doesn't really matter; price/performance ratio rules. In any case, I'm eager to see what the next 'phase' of AAPL advertising looks like. I think it would be great if the ads kept of sense of Jobs' high ideals and grandiose plans, while at the same time laying out some hard-hitting, meaningful product information. Damn, I know I've seen ads like this out there, but I just can't remember them. Not a good sign, I suppose.... Good luck tomorrow, Bill. Marq

To: Bill Jackson who wrote (5875)	11/4/1997 10:22:00 PM
From: Kevin Kauffman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

>>What is needed is an on screen race between the two, represented by, say cars. You should have a way to get two(Apple and Wintel with same clock speed) machines to run a benchmark that is equalized for fairness of CPU speed(any 300 beats a 233, but an Apple 300 beating a WIntel 300 has meaning). Bill: That could be useful. A steady, consistently-run, visible, straightforward, fact-oriented (speed, price, compatibility, ease of use, and so on), hard-hitting advertising campaign is "what is needed", and what is apparently coming soon (and already here). For me, a Motorola 750 233 beating a Pentium II 300 has meaning. "Equalized for fairness of CPU speed" (as far as megahertz/clock speed) doesn't work, because 300mhz 750 PPCs aren't out yet, and they don't need to be out yet, because the 225s and 250s are already ahead of the Intel pack. And they are scheduled to be to 450-550 by the end of the year. (Some comparisons and links to sources of benchmark results: macspeedzone.com