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Re: Speed Comparison

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  • Subject: [mg38455] Re: Speed Comparison
  • From: Bill Rowe <listuser at earthlink.net>
  • Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 02:20:59 -0500 (EST)
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On 12/15/02 at 2:10 AM, flip_alpha at safebunch.com (flip) wrote:

>I was wondering if anyone could recommend which processor family
>(Intel or AMD) and which OS (Win NT or WXP) has the best speed
>comparison.

>Note: I have always thought about going MAC, but just have too much
>software that I use and cannot afford to.

FWIW, I've found Mathematica to run much better under Mac OS X than Win NT. I can't comment on Win XP having never used it.

As far as other Windows softare, there is a program (Virtual PC) for Macs that enables a Mac to run just about any software written for a PC.


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