Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Path: utzoo!utstat!philip
From: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough)
Subject: Re: Info on new low-end Mac
Message-ID: <1990Jul22.011427.1065@utstat.uucp>
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 90 01:14:27 GMT
Distribution: usa
References: <1990Jul19.133752.5611@uunet!unhd> <27545@athertn.Atherton.COM> <26401@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: Statistics, U. of Toronto

In article <26401@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> navas@sim.UUCP (David C. Navas) writes:
>For this extra $1500 I get -- AppleTalk, now ain't that special :)
>I also get -- a slower bus interface, less room for internal memory,
>multi-tasking-by-Apple, non-standard-Unix, etc, etc.
>
>I wonder if the MacIIci comes with a 68882, not an 881?  I don't know --
>just thought of that question...

The MacIIci does come with a 68882, as well as built in video giving
you either 256 colours in 640x480 or 16 shades in a portrait display.
A/UX 2.0 is quite a nice implementation of UNIX, and is available
now. What do you call "standard Unix".
    
Appletalk is a very nice networking system. Note that the protocals
can run at Ethernet speed(EtherTalk). But for a simple, and easy to
use network, the Mac's Appletalk interface is great. It comes in
quite handy on a Unix network.
    
The A3000 is technically a nice computer. The software base is rather
limited, so the extra $1500 is more than worth it for 90% of the
users. Commodore could help the Amiga by cutting its price in half,
bundling software for specific markets(eg. AmigaTeX,Maple, good terminal
program,...for university types). At its current price, it simply will
not sell well. There is not enough software to justify it. 
   
Philip McDunnough
University of Toronto
philip@utstat.toronto.edu
[my opinions]