Re: DOS Speed on PowerMac

Fred Schouten (fschoute@isbe.state.il.us)
Sat, 30 Mar 1996 11:08:32 EST

At 9:31 AM 3/28/96, Lee Zeltzer wrote:
>Apple oversold the expectations of their dual platform software emulation,
>it's not very fast.

And Bruce Carter wrote:
>Actually, that's not an Apple product (SoftWindows). It's from Insignia.
>And version 3 is not bad, although it's still slower than the DOS
>Compatible board. Apple does over-hype it a bit, though.

We must be careful here. I'm trying to remember the original post that
began this thread, and my age is becoming an obvious impairment!

If talking about SoftWindows, then I agree. Version 2.0 is still quite slow
compared to an Intel-based machine. Version 3.0 is supposed to address the
speed issue, I think, but we will still be running under emulation.

If the original poster was referring to the dual-platform Macs (the ones
with the Intel mother/daughterboard that plugs into a slot, as opposed to
the dual-platform *emulation* software), then we have a different issue.
The new PCI Macs that are slated to be shipped soon will be accompanied by
Pentium mother/daughterboard choices that will run in the 100+ MHz range.

Fred

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