Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!msuinfo!frith.egr.msu.edu!griffin From: griffin@frith.egr.msu.edu (Danny Griffin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: How many MIPS do we need? (Was AmigaDOS and NeXT trash) Message-ID: <1991Apr13.040222.8398@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Date: 13 Apr 91 04:02:22 GMT References: <1991Apr7.234301.7605@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Sender: news@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu Distribution: usa Organization: Michigan State University Lines: 33 vsolanoy@ozonebbs.UUCP (Victor Solanoy) writes: >griffin@frith.egr.msu.edu (Danny Griffin) writes: >> >In article <2wBuZ3w164w@ozonebbs.UUCP> vsolanoy@ozonebbs.UUCP (Victor Solano >> >> > 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 >The majority of people who do use the computers in the here and now do their >homework on it, do simple tasks on it, etc.... In other words, the everyday >Joe really doesn't have a need for the extreme computation speed for >raytracing and graphics work. As far as graphics goes, I think the majority >of computer users use their computers for gaming... which may explain why >the gaming market is one of the largest. The majority of computer users don't know what working with an inexpensive powerful compuer is like, either. Even people who are old PC users don't catch on to multitasking right away sometimes. Give people fast computers and good software and see what happens. One thing that benefits users are these user-friendly GUIs. You also said most businesses don't need a fast computer, either. -- Dan Griffin griffin@frith.egr.msu.edu