Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!ists!yunexus!philip From: philip@yunexus.yorku.ca (Phil McDunnough) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: IIsi vs IIci Message-ID: <21637@yunexus.YorkU.CA> Date: 7 Feb 91 01:24:36 GMT References: <91036.203236GFX@psuvm.psu.edu> <1991Feb6.052040.198@world.std.com> Sender: news@yunexus.YorkU.CA Organization: York University, Toronto, Ont. Lines: 36 In article francis@uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke) writes: > > { I hear on the street that the Mac LC is a better bargain for the price, if > you insist on getting one of the new machines. > > >You get what you pay for. The LC is slower, and can't have an FPU. >If that doesn't matter, then go for it. But somebody who's >considering a ci has probably elminated the LC, eh? Well, in fact you can get a math coprocessor for the LC. There are many ways to do this. You can get a software version for free( shareware?) or you can get an Ethernet card from Dayna which includes the 881. There are other cards as well. The data path for the LC is 16 bits, but unless you are planning on running A/UX( not suppored anyway) or some other program best left to computers other than Mac's anyways( eg. Mathematica), the LC is not a bad little computer at all. What has struck, and disappointed, me is that the Mac's basically all do the same thing. A IIfx is not all that much better than a II and a ci( which I sold) is not all that much better than an SE/30 + Micron card( which I have). I like Mac's, but their OS is not up to heavy duty work, whatever that is. So, I in particular would certainly think of an LC, even though the ci would also appeal. I hate to say this, but people thinking of getting high end Mac's would probably be better off with a Ne..! >-- >/=============================================================================\ >| Francis Stracke | My opinions are my own. I don't steal them.| >| Department of Mathematics |=============================================| >| University of Chicago | Until you stalk and overrun, | >| francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu | you can't devour anyone. -- Hobbes | >\=============================================================================/ Philip McDunnough University of Toronto philip@utstat.toronto.edu