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- Date: Sun, 07 Jan 96 21:31:32 -0800
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- Subject: Re: CPU MHz in A1200+
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- From: Gregory.Scribner@mtrap.cts.com (Gregory Scribner)
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- > From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- >
- > wfblan@netcom.com (Wells Fargo Bank) writes:
- >
- > >They also ave full 68030's at 40Mhz! I hope they use it and include a
- > FPU
- > >socket on the motherboard.
- >
- > Same argument here. The full 68030 is much more expensive than the
- > EC030.
- >
- > >: The speed difference doesn't justify the cost.
- > >This MAY be so... But I doubt it.
- >
- > There is strong evidence.
- >
- > >I can purchase an 030/50 new for $99 +s&h. The difference from $99
- > and
- > what
- > >the 030/40 costs can't be much more than $30, and definetly no where
- > near
- > >$200! Come on now.
- >
- > You simply forget that a) the prices YOU pay for the chips have nothing
- > to do with what AT has to pay for them (they pay less and probably
- > won't
- > use refurbished parts), b) the prices they pay are a factor 3-5 lower
- > than what a customer has to be charged later and c) that the faster CPU
- > also
- > requires faster memory and logic to be useful.
- >
- > $200 is more like it.. believe me.
- >
- > Regards,
- > --
- > Michael van Elst
- >
- > Internet: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de
- > "A potential Snark may lurk in every
- > tree."
- >
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- However, since AT has to redesign the A1200 for a 40Mhz part(if a 40Mhz 68030
- is used), I cannot see the cost of using a 50Mhz part to be more then the cost
- difference of a faster CPU. I haven't really looked into it, but I would think
- that a 10Mhz difference isn't going to require faster ram or logic than
- needed for a 40Mhz part.
-
-
-
- It also seems that people believe that any difference in the price of making a
- computer will mean a major increase in price by the time it reaches the consumer.
- Well, just for the hell of it I pick up a local computer magazine(Aug. 95 edition)
- sitting next to me and thumbed through it. In it I found a local computer dealer
- selling Pentium systems. The difference between a P90 and P75 with everthing
- else being the same was $100. Flipping futher through the magazine I looked
- at CPU prices. The diference between P75 and P90 was just about a hundred bucks.
- So, do economics work different in the PC clone world or is everyone so concerned
- about any increase in cost that they settle for less to satisfy a perceived price
- increase to the consumer.
-
-
- And can someone explain to me on a component level the cost differences
- of a mini-tower A1200 and a wedge A1200?
-
-
-
-
- Greg Scribner
-
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