Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!ucsd!ucrmath!rhyde From: rhyde@ucrmath.ucr.edu (randy hyde) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: A low blow from Apple Message-ID: <8838@ucrmath.ucr.edu> Date: 24 Sep 90 19:44:24 GMT References: <9009240703.AA21897@apple.com> Sender: news@ucrmath.ucr.edu Organization: University of California, Riverside Lines: 20 >>> 7mhz GS vs. 7Mhz Amiga: A 68000 running at 7 mhz is *SLOWER* than a 65816 at the same clock speed. The bus cycles are completely different. You cannot compare processors on the basis of input clock frequency alone. I remember this argument back in the days of Apple II vs. TRS80. The TRS80 ran at 2 Mhz, the Apple II at 1mhz. Yet the Apple II was faster for most common operations. The same is roughly true for the '816 vs. the 68000. >>I didn't know (comparing GS to Yugo)... **Buyer Beware!*** No one stuck a gun to your head and made you buy that computer! I owned an Apple II (several, in fact), Two Apple IIe machines, and a GS. I also own a 386 and a Mac II fx. Sure it cost lots of money. But I got what I wanted. If you want a cheap system you shouldn't buy Apple. They've had premium products for as long as I can remember. Even with as little looking around as you've done, surely you recognized this. I would love to see a faster GS from Apple with a 32-bit Nubus and a big display.` I'm not holding my breath though. That's why I bought a mac.