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Article #1073Re: New SPARC Classic
From: Nathan F. Janette
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 05:12
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 05:12
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In article <BxoGH5.9xn@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson) writes: > nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette) writes: > > >In article <BxMnKq.A45@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David > >Lemson) writes: > >> > >> What is power if users aren't productive? > > >Q. What is elegance without muscle? > > >A. NeXTstep 3.0 on our NeXTs. > > Personally, I think that 3.0 on a 16 MB mono machine runs as fast as > I could expect a machine of that price to run. I think that 3.0 on > a 32 MB color machine runs as fast as most users would expect a > personal computer to run. That is, a computer that is mostly used > by one person. (explicit definition of PC in my eyes) I think that's reasonable. Now get NeXT to lower the price to that of a personal computer. -- Nathan Janette "I'm a NeXTstep man, Dept MB&B, Yale Univ I'm a NeXTcube guy" New Haven, CT nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (NeXT)
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!emory!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!yale.edu!cs.yale.edu!news From: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette) Subject: Re: New SPARC Classic Message-ID: <1992Nov14.051220.19093@cs.yale.edu> Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Nntp-Posting-Host: jacobi.biology.yale.edu Reply-To: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT References: <BxoGH5.9xn@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 05:12:20 GMT Lines: 28