Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!dali.cs.montana.edu!milton!gwangung From: gwangung@milton.u.washington.edu (Roger Tang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: 68040 for the Mac? Message-ID: <14070@milton.u.washington.edu> Date: 9 Jan 91 21:54:50 GMT References: <1991Jan9.030835.23248@wpi.WPI.EDU> <1991Jan9.141123.2343@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> <1991Jan9.182655.393@wpi.WPI.EDU> Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Lines: 16 In article <1991Jan9.182655.393@wpi.WPI.EDU> macman@wpi.WPI.EDU (Chris Silverberg) writes: !In an article Jim.Matthews@dartmouth.edu (Jim Matthews) writes: !(Specs on the "Tower Mac") !!This is in the Apple tradition of wrapping new CPU technology in expensive, !!ultra-expandable packages. ! !Oh, i wouldn't say that.... there are a LOT of people who want and need !the power and expandibility that this 040 Mac will offer... for now, it's !definately the right move. Apple can worry about low cost 040 machines !later... And how much do you wanna bet when they DO offer the low cost '040 there's gonna be howls of anguish about how Apple is offering a "crippled" machine? Anybody remember what happened last November?