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- From: pjd@hpespjd.fc.hp.com (Paul Dorweiler)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Atari
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- Date: 13 Aug 92 21:49:06 GMT
- References: <1992Aug13.182309.10852@pellns.alleg.edu>
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- In article <1992Aug13.182309.10852@pellns.alleg.edu>, heidelj@alleg.edu (Jason Heideloff) writes:
- |>
- |> (stuff deleted)
- |> to deliver on any of "her" promises. I am particularly disatisfied with
- |> Atari's performance because of the rumors I hear. Rumors which state that
- |> the new Falcon will have the 68030. Sure this is impressive for the
- |> average Atari user who is primarily an Atari user, but what type of
- |> company would put a chip in a new computer that is slowly becoming too
- |> slow. For example, NeXT Inc. contained the 68030 chip in some of the
- |> first computers they came out with. Now, they are being shipped with the
- |> 68040 chip at approx. 33 mHz (if I am not mistaken). In any case, they
- |> are soon going to be shipping their computers with a new chip which is
- |> supposed to be even faster. My question is, why would any company, I
- |> don't care who it is, invest in technology which has surpassed and will
- |> soon be taken over by something else. I would agree with them if they
- |> shiped their computers with 68040, but I can't believe that they would
- |> like to slow themselves (the company) down by installing yesterday's
- |> technology. It just doesn't make sense.
-
- Sure it does. Remember that the Falcon is trying to hit an under $1000
- price point. Motorola 68040s are _well_ over $200 in quantity, whereas
- 68030s are below $100 (from what I've seen). So if Atari wants to make
- a higher-end version of the Falcon based on a 68040, they can sell it
- for over $1000. But, they're trying to sell to a home audience, rather
- than the pricey NeXT audience (ever try to buy a NeXT machine for under
- $1000?). I'm certain not every Mac buyer is buying a Quadra right now
- due to the high cost of those 68040-based machines.
-
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