On Friday, August 30, 2002, at 06:13 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> ---------------------------------- > Frankly, speaking only from experience, I don't find the RISC Macs > any faster than the Intel PC's. That's 'cause the PowerPC chip is on it's last legs and Motorola are trying to ditch it. The RISC processors we are talking about are new 128-bit CPUs developed by intel and their 'ARM Systems' branch (personal heros of mine) and they are very much faster than any x86 CPU around. > In fact, some of the more complex programs benefit in > speed from CISC. As for the x86 pattern, I doubt that much remains > of the DOS version these days in Pentium processors. You'd be VERY surprised. You'd also be surprised at the architecture of a Pentium 4 - it supposedly has several duplicated parts on the die, which strikes me as particularly silly bu hey have their reasons I guess. Other rumours say P4s have a RISC core, don't know about that though. > My cousin, who worked for years at IBM has a low opinion of RISC > technology. He says it's more difficult to write for RISC; and he > hated it. Programming with a reduced instruction set is surely easier? Or maybe he just didn't like having to string the instructions together to make up the other parts. Don't ask me - I'm a geologist ;) -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: <http://fpm.gotdns.com> Mac LC Central -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
