April 1994 / Special Report

Windows on RISC	Wabi, Windows NT, or SoftWindows: Whichever way you run Windows on a RISC workstation, CISC is better - by Steve Apiki
Intel, TI Show Off the 486DX4	The PowerPC is poised to challenge Intel processors on the desktop. - by Michael Nadeau and Tom R. Halfhill
Emulation: RISC's Secret Weapon Comparison Of Software-Based Emulators	The recent combination of superfast microprocessors and new approaches to emulation software design is yielding significant gains in speed and compatibility - by Tom R. Halfhill
Under the Hood: The Power Mac's Run-Time Architecture	An integration of PowerPC code and 680x0 code yields compatibility and speed while providing new capabilities - by Randy Thelen
Developing for RISC Operating-Systems Support	Tools for Intel-class processors are easier to use and more plentiful, but RISC tools are beginning to close the gap - by Alex Lane
Porting to RISC: Not Just a Recompile Developers Committed to RISC	The list of developers porting desktop applications from Intel and Mac systems to RISC-based platforms is growing at a rapid clip. - by Ed Perratore
Justifying NT SQL Server for NT The Facts	NT Advanced Server and SQL Server for NT let you deploy file and database servers over a range of RISC and CISC platforms - by Jon Udell
How We Tested SQL Server on NetWare,OS/2, and NT SQL Server On NetWare, OS/2, AND NT: Transactions SQL Server On NetWare, OS/2, And NT: Queries	NSTL's database-server tests measure the speed of transactions and queries against a database of books, authors, orders, payments, and shipments. - by Charles Vogt
SQL Server for NT on CISC and RISC Windows NT SQL Server Query Performance Across Systems	This test examines various hardware platforms for SQL Server for NT.
LAN Operating-System Testing NSTL File-Server Performance Tests	The relative performance of network products can vary substantially because of differences in how applications access files, so the NSTL file-server tests use a mix of popular applications. - by Charles Vogt

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