Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!lll-winken!uunet!cimshop!davidm From: cimshop!davidm@uunet.UU.NET (David S. Masterson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: RISC Amiga Message-ID: Date: 1 Nov 90 18:36:25 GMT References: <1156@iceman.jcu.oz> <22914@grebyn.com> <15497@cbmvax.commodore.com> Sender: davidm@cimshop.UUCP Distribution: comp Organization: Consilium Inc., Mountain View, California. Lines: 25 In-reply-to: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com's message of 31 Oct 90 18:33:19 GMT In article <15497@cbmvax.commodore.com> daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes: The flaw, of course, is that any new system will run UNIX, which makes the CPU piece of the pie a rather small cost concern when you look at memory, hard disk, casework, monitors, and all the other goodies every UNIX system needs no matter what CPU is inside. I would think that casework and monitors would be true of any system regardless of operating system. Memory and hard disk, though, are a function of the flexibility and power of the software you use on the system. The more power and flexibility demanded, the more resources needed. In this case, Unix is more the standard than the CPU and Unix has become resource consumptive. On the question of CPU, though, with the blinding speed at which higher powered CPUs come out, how cost effective would it be to design a system to allow for this moving target ("I'll swap you my CPU for your CPU and a CPU to be named later" ;-). -- ==================================================================== David Masterson Consilium, Inc. (415) 691-6311 640 Clyde Ct. uunet!cimshop!davidm Mtn. View, CA 94043 ==================================================================== "If someone thinks they know what I said, then I didn't say it!"