Microprocessors
Microprocessors
Which is better, the Pentium or the PowerPC? For many people,
including those who use common desktop
productivity applications like Microsoft Word, the difference is
academic. Both processors provide sufficient power and flexibility to
accomplish the task. Of more importance are the differences in
operating systems. Are you using the Apple Macintosh, Windows NT, one
of the many variants of UNIX, or something else?
In this article, we take a close look at the facts and myths of
microcomputer architectures and...
Lincoln D. Stein, lstein@genome.wi.mit.edu
Whitehead Institute/MIT Center for Genome Research
Last modified: Mon Oct 20 10:58:56 EDT 1997