Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!remus.rutgers.edu!declan From: declan@remus.rutgers.edu (Declan McCullagh/LZ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Next, 40, Sparc, 2 Summary: Price correction... Message-ID: Date: 13 Nov 90 05:41:23 GMT References: <2403.273E80BF@blkcat.fidonet.org> <1990Nov12.135515@Atherton.COM> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 23 In article <1990Nov12.135515@Atherton.COM>, dlw@Atherton.COM (David Williams) writes: > Maxwell Spangler asks if SPARC2's will pose a problem to NeXT.... > > Correct me if I'm wrong but you can't BUY a SPARC 2 for $3500...try $25K! > > If your only concern is speed then buy an RS 6000 with NeXTStep it is > equal to a SPARC 2 and cheaper as well. If you're going to try to compare workstations, it would be better if you quote correct prices. The SPARCstation 2 is a 28 MIPS, 4 MFLOPS machine (according to Sun, at least) with a list price of $14,995. The RS/6000 Model 320 starts at $20,556 and, going by Dhrystones and SPECmarks, is exactly double the speed of the SPARCstation 330 (it's much better than the Sun at floating point, but that's a different story). True, both Sun and IBM have announced fast new systems: the SPARCstation 2 and RS/6000 Model 550 (if memory serves me correctly) - but these are very much out of NeXT's league right now and are not the platforms NeXT must beat to gain market share. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Declan McCullagh / NeXT Campus Consultant \ declan@remus.rutgers.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------