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From: adam@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Adam Glass)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mips,comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Workstation speed comparisons
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Date: 17 Oct 89 22:02:06 GMT
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jdm@boulder.Colorado.EDU writes:
> 
> 	Worstation speed comparisons:
>
> 	MacIIx (68030, 12)		4MIPS/$8K = 	0.5
> [...]

I *highly* doubt that a 12Mhz Mac IIx could even come close to 4 MIPS.
How many percentage points faster is it than the stock Mac II? I had
heard that the II preformed somewhere around 1 MIPS. I honestly doubt
that the IIx could be 400% faster than the II, but the 1 MIPS figure
could be wrong. Still, it doesn't seem likely.

And shouldn't the cost be the numerator of the ratio, such that lower
cost:MIPS ratios are better? I mean, it seems counterintuitave that
lower numbers are worse, even if it is MIPS:cost. Oh well. Minor detail.

Adam
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