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- From: yf5990@u.cc.utah.edu (Yan Fang/Humanities)
- Subject: Re: Mac vs NeXT was Re: Need to convince boss 486's are *not* w
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- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 19:59:38 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.153449.19374@nmsu.edu> bgrubb@dante.nmsu.edu (GRUBB) writes:
- >zmonster@athena.mit.edu (Eric M Hermanson) writes:
- >>Argh! A Quadra server system configured properly will cost near $10,000.
- >>You can get a NeXT, with all bundled software necessary for networking,
- >>file serving, and the like for under $6000 (list). NeXTSTEP 486 will also
- >>run on the new Pentium chips (586), so if you really really need speed,
- >>buy a Pentium chip and get NeXTSTEP to run on it. If you need things now,
- >>Settle for a 66Mhz 486/DX2 running NeXTSTEP 486. This configuration is
- >>even faster than the current NeXT systems (unless of course you take advantage
- >>of NeXT's multi-processing capabilities and add on extra CPU's).
-
- >Define 'configured properly' especially when a Quadra 950 8MB/230MB
- >street costs ~$7000. What is the remaining $3000 going to?
-
- Probably RAM and disk space.
-
- A server with 8 MBs of RAM and a 230 MB hard drive? Not on _my_ network,
- thank you.
-
- Hell, my personal data on my NeXTstation Color 16/400 takes up a
- good 100 MBs _at least_. Multiply that by ten users and you're looking at a GB
- just to stay afloat. 8/230 is barely a personal system, let alone a
- network server.
-
- A NeXT--or a Sun--is a far, far better Mac server than _any_ Quadra
- shipping today. Unix is the key. Ask Apple: the new Quadra 800 will come
- configured with A/UX 3.0 and should be at least a tolerable server.
-
-
- --
- Yan Fang-Magnusson
- Ph.D. candidate, philosophy, University of Utah
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