Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!crackers!m2c!umvlsi!dime!sandy From: sandy@snoopy.cs.umass.edu (& Wise) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: The New Macs: Greedy Compromises? Message-ID: Date: 30 Nov 90 00:47:55 GMT References: <1990Nov29.005944.17800@scrumpy@.bnr.ca> Sender: news@dime.cs.umass.edu Organization: Organization? I thought entropy would take care of that... Lines: 19 In-reply-to: eric@bnrmtl.bnr.ca's message of 29 Nov 90 00:59:44 GMT In article <1990Nov29.005944.17800@scrumpy@.bnr.ca> eric@bnrmtl.bnr.ca (Eric Brunelle) writes: And then the LC. Why in heaven does it have a 68020? Is a 68030 that much more expensive than a 68020? Will Motorola continue for long to produce that chip, or will it not streamline to fewer models, like Intel did? Will the cut in material price be worth more than the trouble of having to adapt all software to this new, incompatible architecture? According to a recent MacWorld article, the original plans for the LC called for a 68000. The '020 was later added because the demands of color were too high for the 68000. The most important motivation behind the LC was damage control. Apple was losing the educational market... they needed a Mac that could replace the Apple II. /s -- Alexander Erskine Wise /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Software Development Laboratory /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ WISE@CS.UMASS.EDU /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \/\/\ This situation calls for large amounts of unadulterated CHOCOLATE! /\/\/\