[comp.sys.atari.st] About MIPSs

PRINS@HLERUL5.BITNET (R. Prins - Network Mgr. [DEC Sites] RU Leiden) (10/15/87)

Nowadays you often hear things like 'this microcomputer has so and so many
times the power of a VAX 780'. Maybe this is right for processor power but
not so for overall system performance. You also have to consider for example
I/O performance. A VAX 780 with a Unibus and fast 450Mb Winchesters therefore
still outperforms current micro's many times.

So i stick with this definition of MIPs:

MIPS = Meaningless Information Provided By Salesmen.

                                Greetings, R. Prins