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Subject: Benchmarking NeXTs?
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Date: 15 Feb 89 15:20:52 GMT
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Reply-To: riordan@frith.UUCP (Mark Riordan {of Systems})
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NeXT has received a lot of praise in the press for intelligently designing 
a high-performance machine with multiple "channels" and a nice, fast
M68030 central processor.  

Now, I realize that high performance is not the NeXT machine's primary
contribution to the industry, and I feel a bit like a heretic asking
this, but has anyone actually run any benchmarks on this machine
(vs., for instance, IBM 80386's, Suns, VaxStations, etc.)?
I know that this is a little like asking Queen Elizabeth her age
and weight, but *inquiring minds want to know* !

Mark Riordan     riordanmr@clvax1.cl.msu.edu