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From: jwright@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (Jim Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Well the rumor I heard....
Message-ID: <1603@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu>
Date: 6 Oct 89 07:40:20 GMT
References: <6699@ingr.com> <4462@cbnewsh.ATT.COM> <6774@ingr.com>
Reply-To: jwright@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu.UUCP (Jim Wright)
Organization: Iowa State U. Computer Science Department, Ames, IA
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In article <6774@ingr.com> phil@ingr.UUCP (Phil Johnson) writes:
| Since taking on the role of product planning in
| a workstation marketing group I have had my eyes open wide and my eyelids
| stapled back.  It was an amazing revelation.  The term refers specifically to 
| the high-end PCs, such as Compaq 386, AST Research 386,......., and Mac IIs.  

They must have used two inch spikes instead of staples if you think a Mac II
qualifies as a workstation.  I find the speed of a Mac II maddening, to the
point of affecting my work.  The Mac IIcx we had on loan from Apple was
comfortable.  I believe a Mac IIci would even be nice.

I consider a 2000 to be roughly equivalent to a Mac II, and I believe that
additional power would scale accordingly.  Unfortunately my budget won't
allow me to test this.  (Anybody want to donate a 2500 to science? :-)

-- 
Jim Wright
jwright@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu