Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!rice!uupsi!sunic!news.funet.fi!hydra!hylka!jalkio From: jalkio@cc.helsinki.fi Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Sorry Guys, There is NO WAY! Message-ID: <4181.276105e2@cc.helsinki.fi> Date: 8 Dec 90 15:25:21 GMT References: <25701@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <21941@well.sf.ca.us> <14702@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> <21991@well.sf.ca.us> Organization: University of Helsinki Lines: 25 In article , mwm@fenris.relay.pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer) writes: > In article <21991@well.sf.ca.us> yoo@well.sf.ca.us (Young-Kyu Yoo) writes: > Steve Jobs claims 2500 040 NeXTs will have shipped by the end of December. > > Hmm. 2500 machines a month, along with back orders of 15,000 as of > announcment time. That translates to 6 months before the orders > placed _before the public announcement_ are filled. Even ignoring > orders placed since announcement, that's a bit of a wait to get a > machine. > > I expect to own an '040 based Amiga in less than 6 months. Depends on > how deep the various discounts on the '040 cards are. Not only will I Do you really think that Commodore (or some third-party '040 board vendor) will get '040s faster than NeXT? > then have a faster machine than the NeXT, it'll have better graphics Based on what? I wouldn't believe this before I see some good benchmarks. Note: I am not objecting Amiga. I just am very cautious about misinformation. Jouni