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From: JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Amiga outclassed
Message-ID: <90078.164636JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 19 Mar 90 21:46:36 GMT
Organization: Penn State University
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*sigh*  It looks like the A3000 has been outclassed even before it
has been released:

>Apple Introduces High-Performance Macintosh Products
>
>SAN JOSE, California--March 19, 1990--Macintosh  personal computing reached
>higher levels of power, breadth and usability today as Apple Computer, Inc.
>unveiled a collection of new, high-performance Macintosh products.  The
>announcements include the following:  Macintosh IIfx, the fastest and most
>responsive Macintosh yet developed; A/UX  2.0, a ground-breaking version of
>Apple's implementation of the UNIX  operating system; and a new family
>of powerful display cards that set new standards of image quality and
>performance.

>The Macintosh IIfx is the fastest Macintosh yet developed, running up to twice
>as fast as the 25 MHz Macintosh IIci.  This increase in performance derives
>from the careful integration of powerful new technologies, including the
>following:
>- A faster processor/memory subsystem:  The Macintosh IIfx incorporates a 40
>MHz 68030 processor/68882 coprocessor combination, a built-in, 32K Static RAM
>Cache and a new design called "latched writes";
>- An intelligent input/output subsystem:  The new system employs dedicated
>input/output processors and a Small Computer System Interface/Direct Memory
>Access Controller;
>- Richer expansion capabilities:   The Macintosh IIfx includes an expansion
>slot tied directly to the processor in addition to its six industry-standard
>NuBus  slots.


Of course, you pay for all this....


>Macintosh IIfx
>-   4MB/SuperDrive  version, $8,969
>-   4MB/80MB internal hard drive version,  $9,869
>-   4MB/160MB internal hard drive version, $10,969

>A/UX 2.0 (Prices will be announced at a later date.)
>-   A/UX 2.0 on Apple CD-ROM disk
>-   A/UX 2.0 on 800K floppy disks
>-   A/UX 2.0 on a 40MB Apple Tape Cartridge
>
>Macintosh Display Cards
>-  Macintosh Display Card 4.8, $648
>-  Macintosh Display Card 8.24,  $899
>-  Macintosh Display Card 8.24 GC,  $1,999

It just looks as if this thing with Multifinder really could go faster than
any 25 MHz Amiga with an '030 on the board ...   40 MHz is nothing to sneeze
at.  I think Apple has taken the wind out of any sail Commodore was to be
riding on with an A3000 announcement.  UNLESS Commodore responds by announcing
the 3000 as a machine that rivals the IIfx for a lower price, then there could
be trouble....

These opinions are mine and nobody else's.  Period.  No if's, and's, or but's.

                                                            Kurt
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