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To: Richard Habib who wrote (22936)	2/1/1999 11:44:00 AM
From: Mark Palmberg	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

Despite the promised performance of G4 Altivec, it's a sad but true fact that in processor marketing to the general public, Mhz has become the measure they look for. Yep. I hear ya, Rich. Regardless, I think Apple did a nice job of touting the G3's performance vs. Intel's processors (as slanted as that information was) when the G3 first came out. Now, when it looks like the PowerPC advantage over the Pentium III is going to be painfully obvious even to the staunchest Intel advocate, you can bet we're going to see TONS and TONS of ad copy on how fast a G4 running OSX is compared to a Wintel box. That is gonna be one fast mother! And what I've been reading about AltiVec sounds very promising indeed. And think about the portable market. Time's gonna come when Wintel laptops won't be able to get to 600Mhz without bursting into flames. I do agree with you, though. Numbers is numbers. We'll just have to hope that there are enough satisfied iMac and Yose users out there by G4's release to really spread the word about the PowerPC chip. Time will tell. Good luck to you! Mark

To: Richard Habib who wrote (22936)	2/1/1999 1:06:00 PM
From: OrionX	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

Richard, Despite the promised performance of G4 Altivec, it's a sad but true fact that in processor marketing to the general public, Mhz has become the measure they look for. If people have finally been able to understand that 4-cylinder engines are not necessarily faster and with more horsepower than 6-cylinders, then I see no reason why they can't eventually understand that more MHz doesn't equate to more power when comparing different computer platforms. Maybe, if most of the general public finally starts to also realize that celerons under-perform std PII, then there may be hope. It's about time retails sales people make this issue clear. When are people going to wake up and stop the intake of marketing BS and start asking questions for their own learning?