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Article: Power Mac software soars. (tests of which programs gain most from PowerPC)(includes related articles on exact speed boost, weak links in Power Mac design)
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- Macworld
- Article date:
- March 1, 1995
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Macworld Lab uncovers which software benefits most from the PowerPC boost
Last year Apple took one of the biggest gambles in its history by introducing the Power Macintosh family: new Macs driven by a radically different microprocessor architecture that promises vastly improved performance--provided that developers design their programs to take advantage of it.
Less than one year later, most major Mac software developers have adapted their wares. Have the performance promises been kept? To find out, Macworld Lab pitted 28 native Power Mac programs against their 680X0 counterparts in a variety of application categories, from graphics and design software to ...