Wired

September, 1994

Rocket ChipsIf you think your 486/33MHz computer processor kicks butt, wait until you see Apple, IBM and Motorola's Power PC 601 chip in action. Already incorporated into Apple's hot-selling Power Macintosh ($1819 to start), the Power PC chip can drive programs up to eight times faster than the chips used in previous top-of-the-line machines. With a program called SoftWindows (about $300), Power Macs can run DOS and Windows software, but not at warp speed. You can also upgrade certain Mac Quadra...