Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!ogicse!usenet!prism!mcgredo From: mcgredo@prism.cs.orst.edu (Don McGregor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: A sad day... Message-ID: <1991Mar15.032611.29715@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> Date: 15 Mar 91 03:26:11 GMT References: <46878@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <27dc15b6-a2e.5comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc-1@vpnet.chi.il.us> Sender: @lynx.CS.ORST.EDU Reply-To: mcgredo@prism.CS.ORST.EDU (Don McGregor) Organization: YoyoDyne Propulsion Systems Lines: 26 Nntp-Posting-Host: prism.cs.orst.edu akcs.gregc@vpnet.chi.il.us (*Greg*) writes: >[Flame ON!] > >I can get an PC 20 MHz 386 for around $2000.00 that would do the job. I can >also expand on this PC hardware wise-to my hearts content. While a Mac IIcx >would cost me $4000.00 or more. And if I have to do DTP as a living, add >another $4000.00. (Saving money is important here). > Or a 20 MHz '030 Mac si for $3,000. Or an LC for $2,000. Or a Classic for $1,100. Mac prices have come down a lot recently. The Mac is likely to have a faster percieved response time in a lot of graphic applications using comparable hardware. Try to run say, ToolBook on a 10 MHz 286 with 1 MB of memory. (Tell your roomie what you're going to do beforehand so they won't send out a search party). Hypercard runs just fine with 1 MB on a Classic/SE class machine. No color on that model Mac, but they do comparable jobs. >are fast enough. But again, at what price. And how much storage can you >fit in em? The choice is clear. > Hmm. Each Mac has a SCSI connector. Daisy chain a few drives and you can have quite a lot of storage. Along with HFS, a fine file system that handles large volumes rather nicely. Don McGregor | "I too seek the light, so long as it tastes mcgredo@prism.cs.orst.edu| great and is not too filling."