Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!convex!swarren From: swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: A3000UX - Born to run UNIX SVR4 Message-ID: <1991Feb08.165551.9428@convex.com> Date: 8 Feb 91 16:55:51 GMT References: <8298@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> <1991Feb8.134256.4811@cc.helsinki.fi> Sender: news@convex.com (news access account) Organization: Convex Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx. Lines: 33 Nntp-Posting-Host: neptune.convex.com In article <1991Feb8.134256.4811@cc.helsinki.fi> jalkio@cc.helsinki.fi writes: >In article , hunter@bacchus.esa.oz.au (James Gardiner [hunter]) writes: >> Finaly which performes better. 030 3000UX or 030 NeXT? > >There is no point in comparing these two machines since 030 NeXT's are >out of production and the new NeXTs (040) are much cheaper than the old >ones. Wrong. The reason NeXT adherents are so knee-knocking scared of this comparison is because it reveals the inherent superiority of the Amiga implementation. The NeXT sucks so much of the CPU into the black-hole of its user interface that it requires a quantum leap in processor power to achieve the same level of responsiveness to the user. But, because this processor (the 68040) is a commodity processor, it is available for the Amiga as well. So all the NeXT people can say is that they were able to get their '040 implementation to the market first. This is an admirable boast, and not one that I would attempt to deny them. But soon all the 680x0 boxes will be at the '040 level, and the Amiga will be right there with the rest of them. What we are talking about is the efficient utilization of the CPU resource. The only honest way to appraise this performance parameter is to evaluate boxes with equal CPU resources, and try to find out which box yields the best performance within the context of a typical user environment.. The Amiga wins this test by a significant margin, and this fact will only become more self-evident after the '040 implementation of the 3000 becomes available. -- _. --Steve ._||__ DISCLAIMER: All opinions are my own. Warren v\ *| ---------------------------------------------- V {uunet,sun}!convex!swarren; swarren@convex.com