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From: dant@ryptyde.UUCP (Daniel Tracy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: MegaMac
Message-ID: <25@ryptyde.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jun 91 05:37:20 GMT
References: <55538@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
Reply-To: dant@ryptyde.UUCP (Daniel Tracy)
Organization: Ryptyde Timesharing
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Responding to the following:

"lately.. People sell 50Mhz MacIIFX repackages with 128MBytes of RAM (using
16 MB simms.) Show me an Amiga that can currently be expanded to 128Megs of RAM.
 
Knowing Apple products, that Mac will probably cost more than a fully-
loaded Lexus LS400, and won't be anywhere near as well built.
 
Secondly, what in the world do you need 128 Meg of RAM for? Even UNIX doesn't
suck up that much memory.
 
It sounds to me like a computer version of the Spruce Goose. Big, ugly, awkward
 and useless."

Unix doesn't suck up that much memory? True, but at least it supports that
and a heck of a lot more. If the Unix-makers had thought like you do, it
wouldn't really be a useful OS for mainframe use. Besides, the above is
obviously not directly an Apple product, so I don't really understand your
"Knowing Apple products" reasoning. And you don't NEED to buy any kind of
specialized equipment like the above. The IIfx supports 128MB right out of
the box, just buy the SIMMs.