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From: davewt@NCoast.ORG (David Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: A3000UX at UniForum?
Message-ID: <1991Feb13.044705.635@NCoast.ORG>
Date: 13 Feb 91 04:47:05 GMT
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In article <3455@dali> icsu8053@ming.cs.montana.edu (Craig Pratt) writes:
>This is rediculous.  Computers are not necessarilly compared because they
>have equivilant features but because they are targeted for the same market.
	No disagreement. But your earlier statements are false.
There are broad ranges within almost any "class" you might want to
create. Are you saying that it is fair to compare a Feiro with the old 4cyl
engine to one with a 6 cyl engine? They are in the same class but only an
idiot wouldn't know which one performs better.
	The NeXT is like a sports care that someone has tied on 2 tons
of luggage (the user interface). When it only had a 4 cyl engine, it's
performance was sluggish compared to machine with the same engine that
lacked the overloaded bagage. By putting in a larger engine you get the
expected performance boost. But what you are saying is that by now
adding in a larger more powerfull engine this vehicle is "better" than the
other car with the 4 cyl. Of course it is. But which one will be faster
when the other car (which was faster before) also has the new engine
installed? The fact that it is not there at the present time is moot.
If it is available (and it is), and there are reasonable upgrade paths,
you can assume that with the new engine the other car will once again
outperform the overloaded one.


				Dave