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From: tron@wpi.wpi.edu (Richard G Brewer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: My disillusioned self.
Message-ID: <964@wpi.wpi.edu>
Date: 22 Feb 89 16:10:11 GMT
References: <235@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> <480@sunset.MATH.UCLA.EDU>
Reply-To: tron@wpi.wpi.edu (Richard G Brewer)
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA. USA
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In article <480@sunset.MATH.UCLA.EDU> hgw@math.ucla.edu (Harold Wong) writes:
-In article <235@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> wilkins@jarthur.UUCP (Mark Wilkins) writes:
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--    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 

As I recall, the standard SE runs around 1 MIP, II a little more than that.
The NeXT runs 5MIPS... 

Richard G. Brewer

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