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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: MAC ][cx appraisal
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Date: 28 Mar 90 02:15:14 GMT
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In article <133558@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> fiddler@concertina.Sun.COM (Steve Hix) writes:
>CBM needs to do more with the Amiga.  They realy haven't improved that
>much on the original version in the last five years, at least from the
>viewpoint of the potential buyer.  It's beginning to show its age.

	Let me point out that (not including the IIfx), the Mac has
no design advantages over the Amiga. The old systems were all limited
in slots, which is good for some and bad for others (the c in cx and
ci is for compact, Apple stopped the II and IIx). The bus on all the
prior Macs runs at only 8 or 10MHz, if I remember correctly. It was my
understanding that even the IIfx has a NuBus on it which is still
inherently slow.
	The only thing the pre-fx Macs had over the Amiga was look, in
most people's opinion. Now the fx is announced, and not released, and
not likely to be shipped for a while, and everyone is flipping out.
Apple has been notorious for problems with the new II line machines,
including problems requiring motherboard swaps to fix compatibility
problems with initial releases. Have you, or anyone else, actually
USED the IIfx. Some have seen it demonstrated by Applers, but have you
used your software and hardware on it to see if it works?
	It is entirely possible that the A3000 will be out before the
Mac IIfx is available. All the rumors are saying the same things
(which lends them some credibility): built-in flicker fixer (a CBM
version), new Denise, sleeker look, and 1.4 with all its advantages.
When that comes out, I don't see a single advantage in the Apple
world, except possibly if the 3000 isn't 40MHz.


	-- Ethan

Ethan Solomita: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu

"If Commodore had to market sushi they'd call it `raw cold fish'"
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