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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: Macs cost too much (NOT!)
- Message-ID: <92206.135238ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 12:52:38 GMT
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- In article <ewright.711927679@convex.convex.com>, ewright@convex.com (Edward V.
- Wright) says:
- >
- >
- >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? :-)
- >
- And since speed doesn`t mean that much to Mac users as I always read in this
- group, I bet you run it on the Convex :-)
-
- >Of course, you're comparing a top-of-the-line PC (33MHz 386)
- 486 :-)
- >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?
- >
- Because I read the subject of this thread "Macs COST too much". Of course I
- could compare a VW Rabbit to a Corvette to proof that american cars are better
- than german.
-
- >>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. :-)
-
- Thanks a lot but we don`t have that CRAY any longer. After reading your post
- our supercomputer guys rushed out and traded the CRAY for 2 Power Books and
- an LC. :-)
- >
- >>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.
-
- No it just means I can`t afford a mac with the power of my PC.
-
- > Is that why Germans get
- >four week vacations -- so that they have time to play with their
- >CONFIG.SYS? :-)
-
- Most get six weeks (I get three) so they can spend the money for holiday which
- they saved by buying PCs instead of Macs. :-)
-