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From: iwert <iwert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 20:17:47 +0200
No kidding:

I am running Virtual PC on a Pismo, upgraded to 1Ghz, and Autocad 2000 is
more responsive then under win2K pro at a 2.6 GHZ pentium PC...

I was really stunned.

That was when I decided I did not need to upgrade anytime soon yet...

Iwert.

 on 15-08-2004 19:54, Chris Barker at ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> 
> I don't know why, Robert.  I have an (allegedly) 2.6GB processor in my
> computer at work, running Windows NT4.  It runs more slowly with
> Photoshop Elements than my little G3 iBook (500MHz).   I am making no
> comment on the OS, merely on the architecture of the processing system
> ;-)
> 
> If you double the clock speed of your PowerMac processor you get the
> approximate equivalent of an Intel processor (et al) running Windoze.
> 
> All my (OM-taken) negs or slides are scanned to 200+Mb files before I
> fiddle with Levels and reduce to 8-bit; then it is around 75-100Mb.  My
> G4 1.25MHz takes its time with the larger files, but is quick enough at
> less than 100Mb.
> 
> Chris


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