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From: J.COOK@ENS.Prime.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Scoop on New Macs and Printers.
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Date: 5 Jul 90 12:07:00 GMT
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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...

Well, I don't know about this for two reasons.  One, I seem to recall reading
in an article about the time the IIx came out that Apple, with its large
order-size clout, was able to convince Motorla to sell 68030s to Apple for
about the price of a 68020.  The article also rumored that perhaps Motorola
wanted to get everyone to go to 68030s so they could stop making 68020s.

Second, from a cost of manufacturing point of view, it is cheaper to put a
one chip on a board (a 68030) than a chip and a socket (68020 and MMU socket).

Jim Cook
J.Cook@ENS.Prime.COM