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From: seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: A new Amiga needed...and soon!
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Date: 24 Jun 91 22:36:16 GMT
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I sure hope C= has some neat tricks up their sleeve...I've just heard three
pseudo-rumors that have me worried.  I'm not trying to play -MB- here, but
I think they're cause for general concern.
 
1. The discussions betw-_en IBM and Apple involve the exchange of Apple's
   software and interface technology for POWER RISC chips.
 
2. On October 21st Apple will unveil three new CPUs: an '040 tower, an '040
   desktop, and an '030 based Classic.  Their new laptops, or palmtops are
   due in the next couple of months, maybe sooner.
 
3. NeXT is accquiring MC88000 family RISC chips for the next generation 
   of their workstations.
 
The A3000T is supposed to come out at the end of the summer, but if it has
the standard 25mHz '030 Apple's new machines will steal its thunder...an
A2500-like configuration could fill the gap for a while ('040 accelerator
pre-installed as an option on A3000 desktop and tower systems).  But the
RISC threat is different.
 
NeXT is a threat for the UX systems since Commodore is now a low-end UNIX
workstation vendor.  They've already got the jump on the A3000UX because of
the '040, and RISC workstations are what's making headlines right now (and
probubly in the future as well).  NeXT will also be more price competitive
with Commodore than Apple (the price of the IIfx just went down to a mere
$8K for 4M and an 80M disc w/o keyboard or moniter...gimme a break!)  But
Apple will gain more clout if it's aligned with IBM in releasing a POWER
based Macintosh.  The new Macs will also more than likely come with 24bit
hardware on the motherboard (probably by integrating the 8*24GC
hardware...why reinvent the wheel?).
 
I think it'd be great for an '040 UNIX based tower setup to combat
Apple...they could even play on the name in their 
advertising: The Amiga 3000 TUX    now there's a classy sounding machine,
don't ya think? :)
 
Sean
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