Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!midway!msuinfo!frith.egr.msu.edu!griffin From: griffin@frith.egr.msu.edu (Danny Griffin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: How many MIPS do we need? (Was AmigaDOS and NeXT trash) Message-ID: <1991Apr7.234301.7605@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Date: 7 Apr 91 23:43:01 GMT References: <2wBuZ3w164w@ozonebbs.UUCP> Sender: news@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu Distribution: usa Organization: Michigan State University Lines: 18 >In article <2wBuZ3w164w@ozonebbs.UUCP> vsolanoy@ozonebbs.UUCP (Victor Solanoy) writes: > Personally, the home market doesn't need anything like a 14 mip 68040, a > SPARC-2, or an RS-6000... most businesses probably don't need it either. Why not?! Something as simple and mundane as Desktop Publishing benefits greatly from a fast machine! And many, many people are starting to do 3D raytracing and animation for small but important projects, demonstrations, what-have-you. Nothing as fancy as a dedicated graphics junkie or professional would do with $$$, but still nice stuff. A 68040 machine sitting in your spare bedroom will allow you to do rendering at close to real time so you don't spend hours, days, weeks on something every time you change your mind because it didn't turn out exactly the way you wanted. -- Dan Griffin griffin@frith.egr.msu.edu