Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???

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From: Chad Irby
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 23:41

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Martin Nisshagen (martin@mts.se) wrote:
: Robert A. Decker wrote:
: 
: > computers. The reason that they sell 10% of computers, but are 35% of all
: > used computers is because they last so damn long!
: 
: Another interpretation of that fact could be that Macs gets outdated faster
: and needs to be replaced with totally new Macs, instead of being able to be
: upgraded like the more flexible PCs.

Well, it *is* another interpretation.  A wrong one, but an interpretation.

The installed base of Macs has historically grown *faster* than the 
increase in market share, or absolute sales numbers.  Macs tend to stay 
in service *much* longer than Wintel boxes.  A 1987-era Mac II (or a Plus 
or an SE) can run System 7.5 and most modern software.  A 1987-era Wintel 
box is good for use as a fax server or a small hamster cage.

That whole "upgradability" argument really doesn't hold water.  Very few 
folks actually upgrade their wintel machines- it's usually just as easy 
(and often about as cheap) to buy a whole new computer.

Oh- and if you *really* want to upgrade an older Mac, you can drop in 
anything from a "fast" 68030 (33 to 50 MHz) to a medium-speed PPC 601...

-- 

Chad Irby           /    My greatest fear: that future generations will,
cirby@gate.net     /      for some reason, refer to me as an "optimist."

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