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From: gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Low-Cost Macintosh
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Date: 1 Feb 90 17:42:10 GMT
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Nf-From: p.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies    Jan 31 19:25:00 1990


MacWorld last week said that the low-cost macintosh will have the same
8Mhz 68000 as the original Mac 128k.  It will have enhanced ROMs
(compared to the SE).

The time has come to bury the 8Mhz 68000.  Apple should use an 8Mhz
68030.  I am astounded that they are still trying to dump 8Mhz 68000's
on consumers -- the chip is more than a decade old.  A japanese
businessman would hang his head in shame.

It has been almost 3 years and there has been no improvement in
macintosh price/performance.  I think the low-cost machine will go
the way of the edsel, if there is no dramatic price/performance change.