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Kintaro

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Re: x86 or Alpha
« Reply #15 on: 17 August 2005, 21:44 »
Nothing compares to the DEC VAX.

(I own 2 VaxStations)

MUHAHAHA

VMS fucking rocks.

MarathoN

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Re: x86 or Alpha
« Reply #16 on: 18 August 2005, 01:04 »
I choose PowerPC :D


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Re: x86 or Alpha
« Reply #17 on: 18 August 2005, 16:19 »
Note, the PowerPC chips used in IBM systems have a few important features the ones they sell to Apple lack. I suggest you read the wikipedia page on PowerPC for more information.

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Re: x86 or Alpha
« Reply #18 on: 18 August 2005, 17:17 »
Oh yeah, I've read that already, but even so, I still choose PowerPC, I grew up using Mac OS System 7. :D


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Re: x86 or Alpha
« Reply #19 on: 30 November 2005, 19:06 »
Well, you still suck because I have a Sun Blade 100 (UltraSPARC IIi at 500mhz) with FreeBSD 5.4 installed.

It kicks arse.