From: Rich Gauszka 

for the past 2 decades zero advance in productivity? But we have wga.

http://hubpages.com/hub/_86_Mac_Plus_Vs_07_AMD_DualCore_You_Wont_Believe_Who_Wi
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Conclusion


Check out the results! For the functions that people use most often, the
1986 vintage Mac Plus beats the 2007 AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+: 9 tests to 8!
Out of the 17 tests, the antique Mac won 53% of the time! Including a
jaw-dropping 52 second whipping of the AMD from the time the Power button
is pushed to the time the Desktop is up and useable.

We also didn't want to overly embarrass the AMD by comparing the time it
takes to install the OS vs. the old Mac. The Mac's average of about a
minute is dwarfed by the approximately one hour install time of Windows XP
Pro.


Is this to say that the Mac Plus is a better computer than the AMD? Of
course not. The technological advancements of 21 years have placed modern
PCs in a completely different league of varied capacities. But the
"User Experience" has not changed much in two decades. Due to
bloated code that has to incorporate hundreds of functions that average
users don't even know exist, let alone ever utilize, the software companies
have weighed down our PCs to effectively neutralize their vast speed
advantages. When we compare strictly common, everyday, basic user tasks
between the Mac Plus and the AMD we find remarkable similarities in overall
speed, thus it can be stated that for the majority of simple office uses,
the massive advances in technology in the past two decades have brought
zero advance in productivity.

And that's just plain crazy.

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