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by anthk 665 days ago
NT and intel didn't catch up SGI/Mips and Dec/Alpha until the Pentium III, and in the case of the Alpha, even the 800MHZ one was subpar against the Alpha.
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throwaway48540 663 days ago
NT ran on DEC Alpha.
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anthk 660 days ago
True; but software wise Linux and BSD curb-stomped anything NT could offer.
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throwaway48540 663 days ago
And MIPS too.
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