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To: Kevin K. Spurway who wrote (28378)	2/8/1998 12:21:00 AM
From: Time Traveler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583677

Kevin, Thanks for clearing that up for me. I thought G3 is a CPU chip made by Cyrix (a next generation of M2 or something), but it turned out to be a whole system of computer with CPU the chip itself, the box, a power supply, boards, a keyboard, etc. It is very hard to compare Apple and Intel! Your Apple is a very minor player today! Don't get your hope up so much! By the way, what CPU does this "faster than a snail" computer utilize? Power PC 60(what)? On what fabrication process (0.25um or 0.35um)? John.

To: Kevin K. Spurway who wrote (28378)	2/8/1998 12:29:00 PM
From: Elmer	Respond to of 1583677

<(and, as you said, it takes a quarter or two)> FYI, contrary to most semi suppliers, Intel does not announce a new product until they have the supply line fully stocked. They may discuss future products, but when they intro there is always a lineup of system manufacturers who are shipping their product as of that day. EP

To: Kevin K. Spurway who wrote (28378)	2/9/1998 10:29:00 PM
From: Eric Yang	Respond to of 1583677

The chip used in G3 PowerMacs are PowerPC 750s. Under BYTEmark integer benchmark, G3/266 is over 2X as fast as 300Mhz PCs with Pentium IIs. apple.com 266MHz version of PowerPC 750 have been out for a long time. It was announced back in Aug of 97 and has been produced in volume for about 6 months. 300MHz version of 750 has been produced for several months and is currently being stockpiled. Systems based on them should be out later this month. Unlike other chip vendors, IBM and MOT normally only make announcements after the production has been ramped up and systems based on it is in volume. PowerPC 750s as well as 350MHz 604e are both based on .25um process. These chips are about 1/4 the size of Pentium II and draws only 5.7 watts. Pentium IIs 300 draws about 43 watts. Eric macevolution.com