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No one saying it competed with high-end machines of the day. But it was quite powerful compared to PCs targeting a home audience. The other thing to remember,
by simondotau 3y ago
No one saying it competed with high-end machines of the day. But it was quite powerful compared to PCs targeting a home audience.
The other thing to remember, is that computers were only barely powerful enough back then. Powerful models felt powerful precisely because we were desperate for every last CPU cycle we could get.
- anthk 3y agoBarely powerful in early mid-90's. From 1996 an the multimedia PC and a bit later witht the Pentium MMX, the power gap from a 286 based DOS PC from 1991 was something else.