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Article #4406Re: TT versus Mac IIcx
From: Sam Alan EZUST
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1989 15:25
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1989 15:25
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In article <7810@microsoft.UUCP> w-darekm@microsoft.UUCP (Darek Mihocka) writes:
>In article <11892@boulder.Colorado.EDU> solomon@boulder.Colorado.EDU (SOLOMON AMY BETH) writes:
>>In article <CMM.0.88.622236156.cmm1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu> cmm1@CUNIXA.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Christopher M Mauritz) writes:
>
>Gimme a break! The days of being able to claim Power Without the Price are over.
>If you're gonna buy a 68030 machine, then what difference does it make if you
>spend $3000 or $5000. It's safe to say you're not buying it for video games.
>Most likely it will be used for development or in some business application.
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Yeah that is what they said about the Apple Lisa when it first came out...
it had a whopping 256k of RAM and ran on an 8mhz 68000 ("that's not a micro-
it's a mini! No home user could ever take advantage of all that power").
ah yes, the times, they are a-changing.....
And by the way, Mac has just released the portable....
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!bloom-beacon!mcgill-vision!quiche!depeche From: depeche@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca (Sam Alan EZUST) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: TT versus Mac IIcx Message-ID: <1467@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca> Date: 25 Sep 89 15:25:53 GMT References: <CMM.0.88.622236156.cmm1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu> <11892@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <7810@microsoft.UUCP> Reply-To: depeche@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca (Sam Alan EZUST) Organization: SOCS, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Lines: 19