Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnewsm!nsw From: nsw@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (Neil Weinstock) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Mac IIfx (was Re: Amiga outclassed) Summary: A bit of fun (?) Message-ID: <10803@cbnewsm.ATT.COM> Date: 29 Mar 90 17:40:58 GMT References: Reply-To: nsw@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (Neil Weinstock) Distribution: usa Organization: The Flying Squid Patrol Lines: 32 In article portuesi@sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) writes: :>>>> On 27 Mar 90 21:16:06 GMT, seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham) said: :> I just read the preview in BYTE about the new Apple... :> :> For the cost of this sucker, add a 24-bit display card, and a nice :> moniter...you could buy a Silicon Graphics Personal Iris! : :not to mention that the Personal Iris has a faster main CPU, :hardware-accelerated 3D (as well as 2D) graphics, and a graphical :interface to the Unix filesystem (WorkSpace) which is better than :Apple's Finder. The implications are clear: HEY COMMODORE, the Amiga 3000 had better *blow* *away* the Personal Iris at *1/10* the cost, or *nobody* in their right mind would *ever* use an Amiga for *anything*! Wake up, Commodore! You're falling behind Silicon Graphics! We're doomed!!! Next week: Gameboy vs. Personal Iris: Should Nintendo pack it in? For the humor impaired: ;-) - Neil --==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-- Neil Weinstock @ AT&T Bell Labs // What was sliced bread att!cord!nsw or nsw@cord.att.com \X/ the greatest thing since?