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Power PC

    31-May-94 16:21:43
Sb: #104483-Power PC
Fm: krazy images 72724,3111
To: JMH Communications 71443,3275
>The trick is the native software. Of course it is! Do you think that PMacs were designed to run Intel and 68K apps? 🙂 >The operating sys (7) does not work well on the PPC. One thing is that it is not fully optimized or that the MacOS is not the right OS for a so advanced chip and other thing is to say that the PPC doesn't run OK with System 7. I am in the same situation as you, running to DEC XL with 64megs of RAM each for 3DS and an 8100/80 with 40Megs for 2D stuff. With all its flaws, the MacOS is a GREAT OS. It doesn't have preemptive multitasking and a microkernel (which is not needed and is always slower than a hardwired OS) but have such a great level of integration of the different components in the system that Windows, NT or OS/2 are JOKES compared to it (well, NT is not a good example to compare with). I really hope that Chicago will change a few things about this, though. What the Intel platform really needs in an real OS and not a fancy icon editor on top of a disk manager. ana /krazy images