Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!fernwood!decwrl!apple!olivea!tymix!cirrusl!sunfire!dhesi From: dhesi%cirrusl@oliveb.ATC.olivetti.com (Rahul Dhesi) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: A tirade about inefficient software & systems Message-ID: <2618@cirrusl.UUCP> Date: 27 Oct 90 01:02:34 GMT References: <9886@milton.u.washington.edu> Sender: news@cirrusl.UUCP Lines: 16 In <9886@milton.u.washington.edu> kraig@biostr.biostr.washington.edu (Kraig Eno) writes: Will someone please tell me why a Mac Plus isn't a screaming fast machine? I don't like this question. If the Mac Plus were a sizzing fast machine, it wouldn't be a Mac Plus any more. There are quite a few other choices in the marketplace (the Amiga has been mentioned, and then there is the 80386 family which sizzles at fairly good prices). The real problem is that not all users buy what they want. -- Rahul Dhesi UUCP: oliveb!cirrusl!dhesi A pointer is not an address. It is a way of finding an address. -- me