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Article #24029Re: Big Disks
From: gillies
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1988 01:11
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1988 01:11
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I sure hope they go with 3.2Mb disks, even though the cost will
probably be much higher. I feel this way because:
(a) it has always been ridiculous to sell machines with a main memory
larger than the main disks. In the near future, multifinder will make
2Mb machines "standard" -- which would make 1.6Mb disks ridiculous.
(b) Once again it will be comfortable to run a floppy-only machine
with no disk-swap polka. This will make low-end macintoshes much more
competitive.
(c) The cost in software distribution is horrendous. Many companies
today must distribute 2,3,4, or 5 disks with their product. This
costs money because:
(1) The floppies themselves cost money, so does the extra duplication.
(2) developers have to hassle with packing everything tightly on the disks.
Are you listening Apple?
Don Gillies {ihnp4!uiucdcs!gillies} U of Illinois
{gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu}
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiucdcsp!gillies From: gillies@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Big Disks Message-ID: <76000103@uiucdcsp> Date: 25 Jan 88 01:11:00 GMT References: <273@afit-ab.arpa> Lines: 22 Nf-ID: #R:afit-ab.arpa:273:uiucdcsp:76000103:000:895 Nf-From: uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies Jan 24 19:11:00 1988