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From: dillon@flea.best.net (Matt Dillon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sco.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.sys.sgi.misc
Subject: Re: no such thing as a "general user community"
Date: 20 Mar 1997 11:27:41 -0800
Organization: BEST Internet Communications, Inc.
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:In article <5gq16g$6d1@prometheus.acsu.buffalo.edu>,
:John Whitley <whitley@cs.buffalo.edu> wrote:
:>Mikhail Teterin <mi@ALDAN.ziplink.net..remove-after-`net'> wrote:
:>>=My PPro is running Linux and has the same amount of memory as my SGI.
:>>=Compile time are faster on the PPro, but at least glDrawPixels works right
:...
:>
:>OTOH, this doesn't mean that SGI/IRIX don't have their domains of
:>dominance. Simply put, serving news is not the sum-in-toto of the
:>computing experience. Maybe the words "visual computing" will ring a
:>bell somewhere...
:>
:>-- John
Absolutely, but 'visual computing' does not equate to full 3D graphics
in 24 million colors running at 70 frames a sec. For anyone doing
serious work outside of video editing or, say, 16-layer PC board CAD/CAM,
256 colors is plenty. While I wouldn't MIND having a kick-ass 3D
workbench, it doesn't help me get my job done any faster.
-Matt