Re: Re. Sun-Apple

[mlamorte@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Mike LaMorte)]

RUBYWAND (rubywand@aol.com) wrote:
: In article <4f98th$ai6@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us>,
: mlamorte@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Mike LaMorte) writes:


: >RUBYWAND (rubywand@aol.com) wrote:
: >
: >:.... (By the way, at $2200 you're solidly into the '166 or better
: >: range, with 32MB RAM, ...)
: >
: >Hmph. #1: what exactly do you need all that power for? ....

:     While you're at it why not ask: "What do you need all that extra $$$
: for?"

All I'm trying to say is that 9 out of 10 people buy WAY WAY WAY more
computing power than they'll ever need. Unless you're doing some massive
number crunching (HUGE spreadsheets, computational fluid dynamics, 3-d
modeling, computer animation, color separation, trapping, interpolation,
etc.) you don't NEED that kind of processing power.

: >
: >You can't compare the MHz speeds on a Pentium and a PPC... Pardon the
: >pun, but it's like comparing apples and oranges. <shrug> JD Powers &
: Assc.
: >ran some benchmarks and found that the PPC, MHz for MHz is 36% faster.
: >Meaning a 100MHz PPC is actually faster than a 133MHz Pentium. Meaning
: the
: >150MHz PPCs smoke 166MHz Pentiums.

:     It appears that you have just compared speeds. Would you care to quote
: a price for a 150MHz PPC604 PowerMac system?

Well, you seemed to be comparing MHz to MHz. I figured I'd just clarify
that a 100MHz PPC and a 100MHz Pentium are running at two totally
different speeds.

Price on a 150MHz PPC system? Well, my current issue of MacWorld is out in
the car, so this will be a guesstimate. (I only briefly glanced at the
Power Computing ad.) With 32/2gb in a tower case with a 6x CD-ROM, 28.8
modem, and a 100meg Zip drive, somewhere in the neighborhood of $4000.
Sure, it's pricy, but it'll run Photoshop filters so much faster than even
a 166MHz Pentium that you'll be taking your SyQuest cartrige to the SB
while the Pentium machine is still displaying the completion bar. But
again, why on earth would you need such a machine for home computing? If
you're going for the ultimate in power, why not just get a Genesis MP?

: >: >:  ...., nobody upgrades a '386-- not when '486 80MHz motherboards are
: >: >: going for $85.
: >
: >>Yeah, and most people who are afraid to change the batteries in their
: >>remote controls will be shelling out $25 an hour extra to the local
: >>computer shop to install it.
: >>
: >:
: >:  Drat! You mean I can change the batteries myself?!
: >
: >If you need help, I'd be happy to show you how. My consulting fee for
: >remote control operation is only $50 an hour. Quite a bargain, eh?
: >

:     See! The PC shop would do it for only $25! 

But that's just changing the batteries. I'll even show you how to USE the
remote!

: >:     Certainly, if a company is going to sell VHS-compatible Betamax's
: at
: >: Betamax prices, it cannot afford inefficiency, management errors, or
: bad
: >: luck. The cheaper the VHS machines and the more new features
: competitors
: >: add, the harder it becomes to convince stockholders (and the public)
: that
: >: making VHS-compatible Betamax's is a really smart idea.
: >
: >Are you trying to say that Apple is marketing itself as an IBM
: compatable? ....

:     Yes.

Gee out of all the advertisements I've seen (and I've seen them all) I've
never seen Apple marketing itself as an IBM compat. Usually they're always
saying how much better they are than the PCs, but Apple never bills
themself as an IBM pC clone maker. Maybe you should get out and read more.


-- 
Mike LaMorte <mlamorte@freenet.columbus.oh.us>
CEO, President, Designer
Aurora Concepts Inc.
Design & Consulting