V131Q5CG@UBVMSC.CC.BUFFALO.EDU (John Taylor) (04/14/89)
>Date: Thu, 13 Apr 89 15:03:44 EST >From: Murph Sewall <SEWALL%UCONNVM.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> >Subject: Re: Beware [...] >I know this ain't "apple2" folks, but a little economic awareness can make >you a smarter computer shopper -- depending on what you REALLY need to do >with your computer, you may find that always having *last year's* technology >is far more economically efficient Or having 1985 technology is even more efficent. Add a zip chip or rocket chip, and it's even better; now if someone would just offer a math co-processor for the ][e... >-- or when a '486 PC for under $10,000 >is released I'll finally be able to afford a 25 MHz '386 ;-) ] Why is it that a computer's quality is characterized by it microprocessor? It's the architecture, fundamentally, that makes the major difference (assuming relatively equivalent CPU's, i.e. 68030=80386). This hangup with numbers only hurts the consumer {and it ruins the method for attacking the PS/2 line -- it's bus}. No offense intended, Murph... >Murph Sewall Vaporware? ---> [Gary Larson returns 1/1/90] >41 49N 72 15W [ICBM] ^^^^ |||| -------------------- Oh, cute!! ------------- John Taylor -- SUNY at Buffalo Bitnet : v131q5cg@ubvmsc Internet: v131q5cg@ubvmsc.cc.buffalo.edu