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From: chucks@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Erik Funkenbusch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re:  The 68050 - end of the 680x0? (was Re: The Amiga's Future)
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Date: 19 Jun 91 07:25:03 GMT
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mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) writes:
>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.

Oh really?  look at apple's track record.  Mac II (ok, so it was an entry
level machine, apples first attempt at 32 bit.)  it was a 16 Mhz 020.  then
came the speedy Mac IIx (a 16Mhz 030.. wow.. speedy), then the IIcx (almost a
year later, still a 16 Mhz machine) then FINALLY comes the IIci which is 25
Mhz, the speed at which their machines SHOULD have been clocked for to begin
with).  then comes the IIfx which uses a 50 Mhz 030 chip clocked at 40 Mhz(!)
boy, that's really squeezing the performance.. in each situation apple has
PROVEN that they come out with an inferior product to what should have been
designed, and when sales slack, they pump up the power.  (forcing you to
continually upgrade if you want the best performance).  is it any wonder why i
believe the first 040 mac will be 16 Mhz?  

>
>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.                *
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