[vox-tech] processor shootout: new intel, amd offerings

[Peter Jay Salzman]

begin Chris McKenzie <cjmckenzie@ucdavis.edu> 
> Sorry to be a whining anarchist pinko liberal commie bastard but I think
> Lintel is only a 50% improvement over Wintel.  People should really check
> out the new SGI Fuels or the iMacs or if you want to have fun, I have
> always loved the DEC Alphas (architecture that AMD and Intel are
> now mimicking in their 64-bit chip)

i'd rather choke to death on jimi hendrix's vomit than give up my loki
games.  :)

> . . . now that is impressive and not
> as ridiculously priced as one expects.  Anyone that owns an Amiga, a
> Next, a palmtop DOS machine, or a classic fatmac can tell you, that speed
> and flexibility that comes with modern machines can sometimes be willfully
> sacraficed for grace, beauty, and style!
 
let me think about that for a moment.  uhh...

nah.   ;)

pete