Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery From: allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: 68040 for the Mac? Message-ID: <1991Feb9.194049.19192@NCoast.ORG> Date: 9 Feb 91 19:40:49 GMT References: <0bb_V1O00Uh_E3=Bow@andrew.cmu.edu> <1991Feb2.184720.4733@NCoast.ORG> Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc Organization: North Coast Public Access Un*x (ncoast) Lines: 39 As quoted from by melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger): +--------------- | The 105MB NeXTstation is NeXT's SE. I don't think that they will sell +--------------- "I laugh because I dare not cry." +--------------- | How well will you be able to run System 7.0 on an SE? Wait until | System 8.0 hits the market. There is no floating-point coprocessor in +--------------- How many low-end users plan to upgrade to System 7.0, much less 8.0? That's what I thought. I have ATM, I have the software I need, I don't plan to upgrade any of it. I don't even *need* the SE/30 upgrade and am increasingly contemplating throwing that money into the packet server. Get a clue already, will you? +--------------- | software will perform well on an SE. Maybe Hypercard 3.0 will have | direct support for color. It's a shame that they had to leave it out | of 2.0. +--------------- Should I care? (hint, hint) +--------------- | Image what software developers can do if memory considerations aren't | important, and you've got CPU to burn. +--------------- Should I care? (hint, hint) ++Brandon -- Me: Brandon S. Allbery VHF/UHF: KB8JRR on 220, 2m, 440 Internet: allbery@NCoast.ORG Packet: KB8JRR @ WA8BXN America OnLine: KB8JRR AMPR: KB8JRR.AmPR.ORG [44.70.4.88] uunet!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery Delphi: ALLBERY