Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool2.mu.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!news From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Macs are great...more Message-ID: Date: 20 Jan 91 20:23:57 GMT References: <1991Jan19.040432.21738@cs.dal.ca> <1991Jan20.014343.13242@cs.dal.ca> <12697@hubcap.clemson.edu> <1991Jan20.191640.28143@cs.dal.ca> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Organization: Penn State Computer Science Lines: 39 In-Reply-To: graham@ug.cs.dal.ca's message of 20 Jan 91 19:16:40 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: client1.cs.psu.edu In article <1991Jan20.191640.28143@cs.dal.ca> graham@ug.cs.dal.ca (Michael Graham) writes: Considering the IIfx is (not sure about this) 2-3 times more expensive than an Amiga 3000, Apple should have made it more than just a faster Mac IIx. I saw it ray tracing a simple cone (StrataVision) and couldn't believe how INCREDIBLY slow it is. Hopefully Apple has bought the top of the line NeXT and learned something. (Have you all seen the comparisons in MacWorld/User?) The IIfx is a fairly fast general usage machine. So why is it SO EXPENSIVE! And why doesn't it have more advanced features. Apple spends enough on R&D! No wonder my friends think so little of Macs. Someone please tell me that I am all wrong - and why... mike Why did you buy a Mac IIfx? To run Mac software fast? If another machine would have done the same job for you, then you probably got gouged, screwed, taken, etc. Mac's have always carried a premium price because they were the only game in town. Apple's GUI is good, and third-part applications are consistent, for the most part. This is no longer true. Windows 3.0 is providing a formidable threat, even though it isn't nearly as good(IMHO) as the Mac interface. And of course, the Amiga 3000 and the NeXT are also formidable cometitors. I think that the shit will really hit the fan after Apple does release their 040 machine. People are going to say "040 Mac + Ethernet for how much!?!" I hope that you didn't buy the IIfx for Unix. Someone told me that AU/X is System VR2. Is this true, or are NeXT and Amiga users spreading more nasty rumors? Oh yeah, if you find that an Amiga or NeXT will do the job that you want, you should probably unload you IIfx while you can still get some money for it. Within a year, it's going to lose a lot of its value. -Mike