Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!uhura.cc.rochester.edu!rochester!kodak!uupsi!sunic!news.funet.fi!hydra!cc.helsinki.fi!jalkio From: jalkio@cc.helsinki.fi Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: A3000UX - Born to run UNIX SVR4 Message-ID: <1991Feb7.151106.4795@cc.helsinki.fi> Date: 7 Feb 91 15:11:05 GMT References: <581.27a97594@vger.nsu.edu> <8298@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> <593.27ab5841@vger.nsu.edu> <1991Feb04.161126.8475@convex.com> Organization: University of Helsinki Lines: 45 In article <1991Feb04.161126.8475@convex.com>, swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren) writes: > In article <593.27ab5841@vger.nsu.edu> manes@vger.nsu.edu ((Mark D. Manes), Norfolk State University) writes: >>In article <8298@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>, zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) writes: > [...] >>> What do you mean by "outperforms?" The equivalent NeXT has a 68040 >>> and inarguably better sound and screen resolution (no color, though). >>> Good thing this is in a quote. > [...] > Right, like any company is going to compare a 68040 competitor's machine with > their own 68030 machine, when their competitor has a 68030 version of the same > machine. That is a completely and totally absurd assertion, Dan. Did you > drop your brain on the floor before you posted this crazy stuff? Uhh?! Why compare a 68030 Amiga to a 68030 NeXT when NeXT doesn't even manufacture 68030 machines anymore? And the 68040 NeXTs are still in the same price range than the new 68030 Amigas. Get the point? > Commodore hasn't released their machine that will be the 68040 NeXT equivalent > yet. That comparison will not be appropriate until an Amiga has a 68040 in That's Commodore's fault. NeXT has 68040 machines up and running while Commodore is bringing out 68030 Unix boxes. And the prices are about the same. > it. Until then you can expect to continue to see the 3000 benchmarked against > the 68030 NeXT. Commodore would be insane to do anything else. Of course, since they would clearly lose. :-) BTW, when you only benchmark a 68030 Amiga with 68030 NeXT you must take in to consideration that what NeXT lacks in speed it wins in flexibility... (Display Postscript, the programming/user interface). The 68030 NeXT was too slow to handle all the niceties NeXT has. The 68040 is not - and the new version of the operation system (2.0) is said to speed up the system quite considerably, too. > > -- > _. > --Steve ._||__ DISCLAIMER: All opinions are my own. > Warren v\ *| ---------------------------------------------- > V {uunet,sun}!convex!swarren; swarren@convex.com Jouni Alkio, Helsinki, Finland