MIPS/SPARC/POWER chips were all meaningfully better than x86 chips at the time too. Alpha had the trick that it could kind of run Windows NT, but it was a waste

MIPS/SPARC/POWER chips were all meaningfully better than x86 chips at the time too. Alpha had the trick that it could kind of run Windows NT, but it was a waste to bother since 3rd party app support was so spotty.