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- From: an780@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Travis Grundke)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: New LC: faster than 25MHz?
- Date: 14 Dec 1992 01:21:28 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- In a previous article, ingemar@isy.liu.se (Ingemar Ragnemalm) says:
-
- >
- >
- >In comp.sys.mac.hardware you write:
- >
- >>In a previous article, ingemar@isy.liu.se (Ingemar Ragnemalm) says:
- >
- >>>seanmcd@ac.dal.ca writes:
- >>>
- >>>>I read in the Mac the Knife column of MacWeek that the rumoured LCIII
- >>>>(sorry travis) might be faster than the 25MHz that's been talked about
- >>>>so far -- any ideas?
- >>>
- >> Oh well, everyone is wrong ONCE! :-) Actually, I still doubt Apple will
- >>call it the LC III. Personally, I think it should be something else, but
- >>then again, remember that a year ago MacWeek also said the Quadra 900 was
- >>to be called "THe Macintosh IIex" (I LIKED the name IIex, why not introduce
- >>a model called the IIex...Apple had also planned a IIvm, err...not as good)
- >
- >I also heard the terrific name "IIff" - forte fortissimo. That's one of
- >the best we heard so far, IMHO.
- >
- How about my personal favourite: "IIzi" (the "TWO-ZEE"...I can see people
- laughing now)
-
- >>How many home users expand to 68 megs of RAM?
- >
- >Not many *today*... but how many needed 2 megs back in the days of the
- >Plus, or, how many would ever think 4 megs would be such a limitation?
- >
- I agree with you, but I doubt that even two years from now home users will
- need 68 megs of RAM....that is of course granted that System 7.7 doesn't
- require 8 megs of RAM to boot, 8 megs of RAM to run the Finder and 8 megs
- of RAM for other goodies :-)
- Keep in mind MOST of Apple's machines right now are doing a two year
- production run before being retired....RAM requirements have roughly
- doubled since the time of the LC's introduction: 2megs which is now 4 as a
- minumum...okay, I see wha you're getting at!
- >>>I hope the LC III and Color Classic will be as fast as the rumors say, and
- >>>especially that video access is fast. Lots of users will run games on them.
- >>>
- >> Personally I think the "Color Classic" project is a big waste of money and
- >>time. I think the "Classic Design" is more or less dead. I do think its a
- >>good design for cramped places, semi-portability, and a good all-in one
- >>"Aplicance" setup...but a "Color Classic" should, if released, be sold for
- >>$799-$899, completely unrealistic unfortunately.
- >
- >I'm not sure about that. I bet they have had a lot of fights at Apple about
- >this, but they just might be able to make a color toaster rather cheap,
- >simply because a small screen doesn't cost much. The question is if the
- >buyers will care, with the LC III (or whatever) won't cost too much more with
- >a bigger (14") screen. If it can use an external monitor, it can be a pretty
- >good alternative for someone who plans to upgrade it later - like many people
- >do with their SE/30's.
- >
- This is where my big concern is...why buy a limited "Color Classic" when
- for $300 or so more you can get a whiz-bang computer? Oh well- as my dad
- used to say, "$300 to you may be a $1000 to other people." I have to agree
- here.
-
- >
- >One of the best reasons Apple has to keep at least one "toaster" model
- >is that that case is so well-known that it is part of the Mac's identity.
- >It may not be a big seller by itself, but it will sell LC's! "Look, it's
- >a Mac over there. Do they sell Macs here? Let's have a look..."
- >
- Agreed- its as much of the Macintosh 'ethos' as big salaries are to Apple
- executives!
-
- >--
- >Ingemar Ragnemalm
- >Dept. of Electrical Engineering ...!uunet!mcvax!enea!rainier!ingemar
- > ..
- >University of Linkoping, Sweden ingemar@isy.liu.se
- >
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