Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!uwmcsd1!lakesys!macak From: macak@lakesys.UUCP (James Macak) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Apple Announces SE/30 at MacWorld Summary: SE/30 is "faster" than Mac IIx Keywords: SE/30, prices Message-ID: <327@lakesys.UUCP> Date: 28 Jan 89 21:44:04 GMT References: <5399@bsu-cs.UUCP> <17@bernoulli.stanford.edu> <379@sunset.MATH.UCLA.EDU> Reply-To: macak@lakesys.UUCP (James Macak) Distribution: na Organization: Lake Systems - Milwaukee, Wisconsin Lines: 18 In article <379@sunset.MATH.UCLA.EDU> hgw@math.ucla.edu (Harold Wong) writes: >This may be a silly question but is a SE30 faster than a Mac II? 68030 vs 68020 >Just wondering. Not only is the new SE/30 supposed to be faster than the Mac II, but also the Mac IIx. The reason for this is the lack of the NuBus in the SE/30. Sticking in the bus adds a few CPU cycles of overhead here and there. Hence, without the bus, the SE/30 is marginally faster. (The slot on the latter is upposed to have "direct" access to the 68030 CPU.) By the way, this is obviously a fairly non-technical description of the situation as I understand it, though I believe this info is basically correct. Jim -- Jim Macak