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From: wlarkin@hounix.uucp (Ward Larkin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: 68040 for the Mac? (Really Mac vs NeXT Wars)
Keywords: Intel, Mac
Message-ID: <1991Feb4.030334.23049@hounix.uucp>
Date: 4 Feb 91 03:03:34 GMT
References: <14332@chaph.usc.edu> <13163@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> <1109@intelisc.isc.intel.com>
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In article <1109@intelisc.isc.intel.com> cfj@isc.intel.com (Charlie Johnson) writes:
>
>People seem to forget that there are many reasons for buying a particular
>computer and only a few of those reasons are purely technical.  I think that
>some of the NeXT advocates are falling into the same trap as some of the
>Amiga advocates have.  I realize there a lot of areas where technically the
>Amiga or the NeXT are better (multitasks, real Unix, etc.).  That doesn't
>mean that I'm going sell my SE/30 and run out and buy one.  There are
>considerations such as software & hardware investment.  What I actually
>use my Mac for and would any of these features which may be lacking on
>the Mac really make any difference.  Another important reason is that
>my wife uses a Mac at work and she wanted to be able to work at home.
>
>Everything is not as black and white as some people try to make it.
>
>-- 
>Charles Johnson
>Intel Corporation, Supercomputer Systems Division
>15201 NW Greenbrier Pkwy
>Beaverton, OR  97006           phone: (503)629-7605  email: cfj@isc.intel.com

That's one of the many things that I like to see:  someone working for
one company ( that is, Intel ) who buys products made by a competitor
company ( that is, the Motorola chips in the Mac. )

- Ward Larkin
  wlarkin@hounix.UUCP