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From: rhealey@digibd.com (Rob Healey)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Sun's Competitive Strategy (Was: Re: P1754
Message-ID: <1990Dec07.194407.29083@digibd.com>
Date: 7 Dec 90 19:44:07 GMT
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In article <2760@cirrusl.UUCP> dhesi%cirrusl@oliveb.ATC.olivetti.com (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
>>Maybe they've learnt at last. The new Classic costs $750 at the Stanford
>>Bookstore, and the waiting list for them is 2 months long.
>Nope.  "Classic" here means "obsolete".  In this day and age of 28-MIPS
>machines, what Apple does with an 8 MHz 68000 is utterly irrelevant.

	Not to burst any bubbles but, my toaster oven and thermostat
	don't need 28MIPS of CPU power to function. Hell, I'll even
	throw in my microwave, 'fridge, VCR, Stereo, TV and dishwasher!

	Think about it. A Mac Classic is a household appliance, NOT
	a "real" computer per say. What is joe average going to
	DO with 28MIPS? The average person doesn't NEED that much
	power. My Color Computer 3 running OS/9 costs about $400.00
	and can put a PC to shame in most cases. It runs an "obsolete"
	Motorola 6809E 8 bit processor and is a VERY useful system!

	For home use my CoCo is more than enough computing power and a
	Mac Classic has even more than that although it lacks color.

	We aren't taking rocket scientists here kids, we're talking
	Numbtendo addicts and video junkies.

		-Rob

Speaking for self, not company.