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- From: ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: MACS COST TOO MUCH (NOT!)
- Message-ID: <92241.112023ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET>
- Date: 28 Aug 92 09:20:23 GMT
- References: <ewright.714687708@convex.convex.com> <92239
- <ewright.714845483@convex.convex.com> <1992Aug27.202129.12780@CS.ORST.EDU>
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- Organization: KFA Forschungszentrum Juelich
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- >Okay. Let's measure performance based on some simple, but meaningful,
- >task. Now, insert a floppy disk into your computer and change its
- >name from "A:" to "Price Carl Wayne's floppy." Time yourself to see
- >how long it takes. I'll do the same thing. You have a decided advantage,
- >since my Mac is not here at work and it will take me a few hours to get
- >home. I'll be generous enough to include that time to my benchmark. :-)
- >
- Where is the problem ? Do you think I can`t do this on my PC ?
-
- >Well, if you think that benchmark is unfair, how about we try this one:
- >create an icon that you can click on to simultaneously launch several
- >programs and documents, possibly located on several disks (even on
- >a network).
- >
- Again where is the problem ? Other that I don`t have a network.
-
- >Performance is not just how many many MHz your processor executes.
- >
- >>Now, let's get into the cost thing. To buy a 486/50 with a fast 200MB
- >>SCSI drive (yes, most high end PC do use SCSI for performance), 16MB of
- >>ram (70ns), SVGA monitor (1024x768 w/256 colors max resolution), 14" monitor
- >> OS and a mouse would cost me $2500 (from a local store, this is not even
- >>going to the mail order places where I could shave off around $500
- >
- >And how much would it cost you to get a PC that can *use* that 16M
- >without limitations such as expanded memory, extended memory, upper
- >memory, or segmentation. Better budget at least $10M for your own
- >R&D department to do what IBM and Microsoft haven't been able to do.
- >Hm, $4000 vs. $10,002,500, and you still say the Macintosh is not cheap? :-)
-
- And again WHERE THE HELL IS THE PROBLEM WITH THAT ALL ???
- The above mentioned PC can do all that with no problem at all. So what are you
- talking about ?
-
- Michael Bode.
-