Path: utzoo!utgpu!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wasatch!cs.utexas.edu!sm.unisys.com!ucla-cs!math.ucla.edu!julia!hgw From: hgw@julia.math.ucla.edu (Harold Wong) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: My disillusioned self. Message-ID: <480@sunset.MATH.UCLA.EDU> Date: 21 Feb 89 19:48:18 GMT References: <235@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> Sender: news@MATH.UCLA.EDU Reply-To: hgw@math.ucla.edu (Harold Wong) Organization: UCLA Mathematics Department Lines: 29 In article <235@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> wilkins@jarthur.UUCP (Mark Wilkins) writes: > > > 2) Macintosh could be twice as fast. The processors now implemented in >ALL Apple systems spend at least two cycles on every RAM access. Apple >chose to use slow memory (120 ns) which doubtless reduced costs. BUT WITH A >MAC SE COSTING $3169 LIST WITH NO HARD DRIVE AND NO KEYBOARD, WE SURE ARE >PAYING FOR FAST RAM, WHY AREN'T WE GETTING IT? MAYBE THAT'S WHY APPLE MAKES >THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE PROFIT PER COMPUTER SOLD OF ANY OF THE TOP 10 >MICROCOMPUTER MANUFACTURERS. > BTW, just how many mips does a Mac run. Frustrated minds want to know. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Wong (213) 825-9040 UCLA-Mathnet; 3915F MSA; 405 Hilgard Ave.; Los Angeles, CA 90024-1555 ARPA: hgw@math.ucla.edu BITNET: hgw%math.ucla.edu@INTERBIT Harold Wong (213) 825-9040 UCLA-Mathnet; 3915F MSA; 405 Hilgard Ave.; Los Angeles, CA 90024-1555 ARPA: hgw@math.ucla.edu BITNET: hgw%math.ucla.edu@INTERBIT Harold Wong (213) 825-9040 UCLA-Mathnet; 3915F MSA; 405 Hilgard Ave.; Los Angeles, CA 90024-1555 ARPA: hgw@math.ucla.edu BITNET: hgw%math.ucla.edu@INTERBIT for the line eater