Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!news.arc.nasa.gov!vsi1!zorch!amiga0!mykes From: mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) Message-ID: Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: The 68050 - end of the 680x0? (was Re: The Amiga's Future) Distribution: world References: <5146@orbit.cts.com> <1991Jun15.173528.3156@neon.Stanford.EDU> Date: 16 Jun 91 13:09:30 PST Organization: Amiga makes it possible In article <1991Jun15.173528.3156@neon.Stanford.EDU> torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan Torrie) writes: >chucks@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Erik Funkenbusch) writes: > >>Apple is NOTORIOUS for breaking things so that they can sell you a better >>version later. this is why i believe the first 040 macs will be 16 Mhz. so >>they can sell you a 25 Mhz later.. > > Can I quote you on this in about 4 months time? > I think Erik is confusing IBM and Apple :) Apple doesn't break things to sell you a better anything. What they do is to have a real slow OS that requires serious hardware to make it perform decently. And they really ream you for the performance by charging 2 or 3 times what the hardware is worth. Evan is right, there WILL be a 25MHz 040 right away, but it will cost $20K. -- **************************************************** * I want games that look like Shadow of the Beast * * but play like Leisure Suit Larry. * ****************************************************