Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!crdgw1!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!samsung!olivea!decwrl!ucbvax!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!sei.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!jo0e+ From: jo0e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jared M. Oberhaus) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: 040 CPU's Message-ID: <8bwhOBS00UzxM3mAxO@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: 29 Mar 91 05:54:21 GMT References: Distribution: comp.sys.mac.hardware Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 16 In-Reply-To: WAIT! According to my sources ;-) a new Mac in a Tower version is expected in June sometime. This will be a monster, with 5 internal SCSI connectors for the 5 internal drive bays, will accept 1, 4, and 16 meg SIMMs (for up to 65 megs RAM), and a lot of slots. With the 68040 at only 25Mhz, the damn thing will be 4 to 12 times faster than a 68030 IIfx at 40Mhz, almost twice the clock speed! The secret to this is that the 68040 is really a RISC chip with some CISC chip features (for downward compatibility) overlayed on the chip. Another new Mac will have 3 NuBus slots, a 25Mhz 68040, and be shaped like a IIci. Apple's plan (I think) is to lower the price of the IIfx (which has already been done in the Universities at least) a few thousand or so (it needs it!) and price the IIci-size 68040 Mac where the fx is now. The tower machine will probably be priced like a Compaq SystemPro (i.e., out of my price range!), but who needs 5 drive bays anyhow? Wait for the 68040--you'll kick yourself if you don't.