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- From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
- Subject: Re: Macs cost too much (NOT!)
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- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 21:41:19 GMT
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- In <92205.170150ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET> ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET writes:
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- >We have a simulation program here at work that typically runs for about 2h
- >for one simulation on a 33MHz 486. I don`t want to try it on a IIsi.
-
- I have a program that runs faster on my Mac IIsi than it does on a
- Convex supercomputer. Of course, it's been optimized for the Mac
- and hasn't been optimized for the Convex. But it proves my point
- anyway: The PC is faster than the Mac, which is faster than the
- Convex, right? :-)
-
- Of course, you're comparing a top-of-the-line PC (33MHz 386)
- against the bottom-of-the-line Mac II. Fair comparison! Since
- the 68040-based Quadra can be up to ten times faster than the
- 68030-based Macs for floating-point operations, it could quite
- likely blow the drive doors off your 486. Why don't you pick
- on a machine your own size?
-
-
- >>If, tommorrow, I dropped on your desk an infinitely fast DOS machine, you'd
- >>perhaps be 5% more productive with it. If that.
-
- >There are other simulation runs that would take about 2 years to complete.
- >If youve have that infinitely fast DOS machine we wouldn`t need our CRAY.
-
- Why do you need a Cray? The PC is much faster. If you like,
- I'll write a program to prove it. :-)
-
-
- >>Granted. But then, there really aren't any OS/2 applications that use
- >>that consistant OS/2 support, are there?
-
- >Say "that much" instead of "any" and I agree. But this _is_ changing.
-
- Yep. I imagine it'll change a *lot* when IBM abandons OS/2 for Taligent. :-)
-
-
- >Yes it`s fine! My boss has to pay me at work. So for him the Mac
- >is the better deal. At home nobody pays me but I have to pay the
- >computer. So for me the 386 is the better deal. Were is the problem?
-
- So the fact that aren't being paid means your personal time is
- worthless? Interesting perspective. Is that why Germans get
- four week vacations -- so that they have time to play with their
- CONFIG.SYS? :-)
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