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Date:      Sun, 01 Oct 1995 22:15:04 -0700
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@kryten.atinc.com>
Cc:        chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: p6 will run windows slower than 586 
Message-ID:  <25488.812610904@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 01 Oct 1995 20:14:24 EDT." <Pine.3.89.9510012055.F15632-0100000@kryten.atinc.com> 

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> the p6 runs windows 3.1 and windows 95 slower than the 586.
> a 150MHz p6 does 25% better than a 133MHz 586.  not the scale of speed up 
> that was seen in 386 -> 486 or 486 -> 586

This is due to its slowness at dealing with a 16 bit data model.
Ironically, it may be the UNIX machines that benefit the most from the
P6.

					Jordan


> 
> take a  look at this url:
> 
> http://www.info.apple.com/pr/press.releases/1995/q4/950907.pr.adv.advantage.h
tml
> 
> jmb
> 
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