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From: Jim.Matthews@dartmouth.edu (Jim Matthews)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: 68040 for the Mac?
Message-ID: <1991Jan9.141123.2343@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
Date: 9 Jan 91 14:11:23 GMT
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In article <1991Jan9.030835.23248@wpi.WPI.EDU>, macman@wpi.WPI.EDU (Chris
Silverberg) writes:
> 
> According to the Bible, i mean MacWeek, Apple plans to release a "Tower Mac"
> this summer which will be a 68040-based floor standing model.
> 
>              Tower Mac specs: 
>	        ...5 NuBus slots...4 SCSI connectors...600-watt power supply

This is in the Apple tradition of wrapping new CPU technology in expensive,
ultra-expandable packages.  I would like 68040 performance, I don't 
need 5 NuBus slots or 600 watts of power.  I would like an '040 version of
the IIsi, with the addition of on-board Ethernet.  I'd get my speed and
small footprint, Apple would get a machine to compete more directly with
486 boxes and the NeXTstation, and we'd all be happy.

The only problem, I think, is that an '040 IIsi would sell more units than
Apple can make (at least until Motorola gets up to speed with the '040).

Jim Matthews
Dartmouth Software Development--