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Article #45396Low-Cost Macintosh
From: gillies
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1990 17:42
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1990 17:42
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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.
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