Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.hardware:4200 comp.sys.mac.misc:1001 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!emory!hubcap!ncrcae!opusc!snuffleupagus!bert From: bert@snuffleupagus.csd.scarolina.edu (Bert Still) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Scoop on New Macs and Printers. Message-ID: <316@opusc.CS.SCAROLINA.EDU> Date: 3 Jul 90 20:17:57 GMT References: <90178.172523KPURCELL@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK> <268ACACA.44FD@intercon.com> Sender: usenet@opusc.CS.SCAROLINA.EDU Organization: Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia Lines: 34 amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker) writes: :KPURCELL@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK writes: :: Anybody any idea why Apple are bringing out their new low budget machines :: based on the 68020, rather than the 68030? : :Well, seeing as they're supposed to be as cheap as possible, my first :guess would simply be cost. A 68020 + socket is loads cheaper than a :68030... They might also be staying away from putting even more commitment into the 68030, given that wonderful little court fight between Motorola and Hitachi(?)... After all, no one has ordered Motorola to cease producing the MC68020. ;-) (I really ought to put in a plug for OzTeX sometime. The developers did a very nice job of porting TeX, a technical typesetting program, to the Macintosh, and it sure has been nice to work on a dissertation at home for a change... ;-) ->bert -- __ bert@cs.scarolina.edu OR \----\ __/ | bert@vision1.ece.scarolina.edu | 4 | __ /---/ Fabi|-------__ __ Bert Still \----// \ _/-----------------___^/ \ Univ of South Carolina | () |:|#4|P O R S C H E | _| () |\__ Parallel Supercomputer \__/ ---------------------/ \__/ \--> Initiative ************************************************************************* Porsche: Schonheit ist ihre eigene Belohnung. *************************************************************************