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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.cps.udayton.edu!news.engr.udayton.edu!blackbird.afit.af.mil!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.ios.com!news2.ios.com!ecity7.ecity.net!user From: vanish@ecity.net (Chris Van Cleve) Newsgroups: alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc,alt.binaries.warez.mac,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.acorn.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.machten,comp.unix.pc-clone.16bit,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.user-friendly Subject: Re: FIVE GOOD REASONS WHY IBM'S ARE BETTER THAN MACS Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 23:57:55 -0500 Organization: Dreamscape Visionery Lines: 45 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <vanish-1004962357560001@ecity7.ecity.net> References: <Cyclone-0504961737500001@dial24.trip.net> <31664662.1081143@153.2.170.10> <dke-0604960729360001@adnline68.adnc.com> <31678d59.1170056@nntp.ix.netcom.com> <31685e02.5498255@news.earthlink.net> <4kabef$lfg@acmez.gatech.edu> <3169647e.2324874@news.earthlink.net> <Cyclone-0804962218240001@dial30.trip.net> <316a45d7.1180919@news.earthlink.net> <4kdkq7$d7u@thrush.sover.net> <vanish-0904961256460001@206.20.136.31> <316b7277.3192984@news.earthlink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.20.136.27 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc:33579 alt.binaries.warez.mac:2913 comp.os.linux.advocacy:44267 comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy:122196 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:20870 comp.os.msdos.misc:52921 comp.os.os2.advocacy:191145 comp.sys.acorn.advocacy:7712 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:98041 comp.sys.next.advocacy:34559 comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy:2285 comp.unix.advocacy:18579 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:16927 comp.unix.bsd.misc:660 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2840 comp.unix.machten:2135 comp.unix.pc-clon e.16bit:608 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:9146 comp.unix.shell:31388 comp.unix.solaris:65369 comp.unix.user-friendly:3544 In article <316b7277.3192984@news.earthlink.net>, hybridv@earthnet.net (hybridv) wrote: > yes i have done gaussian blurs... and that is a very dumb comment that > if you arnt useing them you arnt useing photoshop.. oh yeah and if you > arnt modleing scenes from jurrasic park your not using softimage... > (any of you stupids get it?) > > dont know your pentium stats so i cant argue... im shure a powerpc100 > is faster then a pentium75 or lower.... what is your ram situation > because between 32-64 megs of ram can double performance.... > > hybridv.. > > im glad my name is so familiar with all you out there... im even > getting my one sub messages now.. yeepy... actually my fingers are > getting tierd of typeing and im getting nothing else done because if i > dont respond you will think im trying to escape a comment and admit > macs are great... it wont happen! even if i get 400 messages a day... > all shall be answerd... if you want me to shut up then you shut up and > if you do then it wll mean you have agreed with my conclusions... > > hybridv (once more) I was using comparable systems at the same printing shop. 64 MB of RAM. The Power Mac completed the blur operation 2 minutes and 13 seconds earlier than the Pentium on a 600 dpi RGB image sized 21" x 21". May not seem like very long, but when you do a lot of these every day, those 2 minutes add up fast. As for the second half of your post, it simply shows your age. I seem to recall hearing this type of argument from 14 year for the most part. Occasionally someone older used it, but actual age tends to differ from mental age in those people. Chris -- Chris Van Cleve aka Amazing Vanish President, Dreamscape Visionery ------------------------------- If you don't know how something works, RTFM. If that doesn't help, make some SWAGS. If you still can't explain it, call it PFM.