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From: barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Amiga/NeXT (was re: A3000UX at UniForum?)
Message-ID: <7546@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Date: 12 Feb 91 02:31:15 GMT
References: <1991Feb8.133703.4810@cc.helsinki.fi> <1991Feb08.170805.9961@convex.com> <1991Feb11.142400.4830@cc.helsinki.fi>
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jalkio@cc.helsinki.fi writes:
>Sounds pretty strange. How can it be that 040 NeXT wins Sparcstation 1+
>on several benchmarks? 

	I would find this VERY surprising.  I have used both NeXT's and
Sparcs.  SPARCstations RIP.  If the NeXT beat them on any benchmark, it
must be a specialized benchmark indeed.

>Quite a logic there, huh? Do you mean that it would be better if
>NeXTStations came with less memory than 8 1MB simms so that when you
>upgrade your memory, you don't have to throw those 1MB simms away?

	No, obviously.  If NeXT ships machines with 8MB, then they should
use fewer, larger chips.

                                                        Dan

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