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- > 	Processor		microSPARC ( tsunami I believe )
- > 	Clock speed		50 Mhz
- > 	SPECint 92		26.4
- > 	SPECfp 92		21.0
- > 	SPECrate int 92		626
- > 	SPECrate fp 92		498.1
- > 	MIPS/MFLOPS		59.1 / 4.6
- > 	Main Memory		16 - 96
- > 	Sbus slots		2
- > 	16 M Ram
- > 	15" color monitor ( 1024 x 768 ) 100 DPI
- > 	207 MB disk
- > 	$4295 ( with discounts for quantity )

In article <1992Nov12.070431.349@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>  
gbrown@raven.ctr.columbia.edu (Glenn Brown) writes:
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- 
- All the more reason for NeXT to port NeXTstep to the sparcs.
- It's really not the machine I care about.  It's the OS and windowing
- system, of course.  You can always paint the sparc black. =-)
- 
- --Glenn
-

In article <1992Nov12.070054.2742@uwasa.fi> hv@uwasa.fi (Harri Valkama) writes:
- Hmm, I have Sun Sparcstation IPX  here  at university and NeXTstations
- at my own company. Comparing these two machines: I think Sun is pretty
- boring to use. Those specs above looks like they  have a  fast machine
- but if  I have to  choose between  NeXT  and Sun  I  would  take NeXT.
- 
- I value the  Operating System (or should I  say the Operating Environ-
- ment) more and more I use my NeXT.

  I agree with both of your statements here, but one thing that these computers  
are going to do is make VERY big inroads in the academic markets, among other  
places.
  These are low cost, fast, SUNs.  Just hook em up and configure em in the  
network like any other SUNs you have.  I know NeXT's integrate well but there  
are still problems to work out.  If you buy more SUNs for your existing SUN  
network you shouldn't ( notice i say shouldn't ) have any of those problems.  I  
know at UCSD there are profs who just won't consider the NeXT for whatever  
stupid reason.  They go with 486's because SUNs have been too expensive, until  
now.  
  Time will tell here.  Lets hope NeXT dosen't stay too quiet too long.

  Zeke
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