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- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!ficc!peter
- From: peter@ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
- Subject: Re: Request Info Re Bus Trends & Intel 486s
- Message-ID: <id.SLUR.RBG@ferranti.com>
- Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
- References: <1992Jul20.003506.23290@theus.rain.com> <id.TJRR.XR8@ferranti.com> <TOMW.92Jul25174038@orac.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 13:19:23 GMT
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- In article <TOMW.92Jul25174038@orac.esd.sgi.com> tomw@esd.sgi.com writes:
- > In article <id.TJRR.XR8@ferranti.com>, peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
- > > Why is it that backplanes aren't more common on the desktop?
-
- > I think the important word here isn't "better", it's "cheaper." With
- > motherboard, it's easier to put your system in a smaller box, use less
- > board space, and fewer connectors. All that adds up to lower production
- > costs.
-
- This is true for systems that are essentially single-board-computers with
- expansion slots, like the Amiga 3000 or the typical Mac. In the PC world,
- though, you almost always have at least one or two cards in every system
- shipped: so you're using as much board space and as many connectors as a
- backplane design... plus making upgrades harder and more expensive.
-
- Yes, I know that there are exceptions (Compaq Deskpro 386/{16,20,...}e, for
- example), but the vast majority don't have built in disk and video.
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