portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) (03/28/90)
>>>>> On 27 Mar 90 21:16:06 GMT, seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham) said: > I just read the preview in BYTE about the new Apple... > > For the cost of this sucker, add a 24-bit display card, and a nice > moniter...you could buy a Silicon Graphics Personal Iris! not to mention that the Personal Iris has a faster main CPU, hardware-accelerated 3D (as well as 2D) graphics, and a graphical interface to the Unix filesystem (WorkSpace) which is better than Apple's Finder. --M -- __ \/ Michael Portuesi Silicon Graphics, Inc. portuesi@sgi.com
nsw@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (Neil Weinstock) (03/30/90)
In article <PORTUESI.90Mar27181506@tweezers.esd.sgi.com> portuesi@sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) writes:
:>>>> On 27 Mar 90 21:16:06 GMT, seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham) said:
:> I just read the preview in BYTE about the new Apple...
:>
:> For the cost of this sucker, add a 24-bit display card, and a nice
:> moniter...you could buy a Silicon Graphics Personal Iris!
:
:not to mention that the Personal Iris has a faster main CPU,
:hardware-accelerated 3D (as well as 2D) graphics, and a graphical
:interface to the Unix filesystem (WorkSpace) which is better than
:Apple's Finder.
The implications are clear:
HEY COMMODORE, the Amiga 3000 had better *blow* *away* the Personal Iris
at *1/10* the cost, or *nobody* in their right mind would *ever* use an Amiga
for *anything*!
Wake up, Commodore! You're falling behind Silicon Graphics! We're doomed!!!
Next week: Gameboy vs. Personal Iris: Should Nintendo pack it in?
For the humor impaired: ;-)
- Neil
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att!cord!nsw or nsw@cord.att.com \X/ the greatest thing since?seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham) (03/30/90)
In-Reply-To: message from portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com Right...plus, doesn't the SGI P.Iris come with Wavefront's rendering package, installed? At about 12K, I really don't see who Apple's going to attract. Compare their system with (pardon me) IBM's 320 at about the same price. There IS no comparison when you're talking power for the sake of power. Sean //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// UUCP: ...!crash!pnet01!pro-party!seanc | ARPA: !crash!pnet01!pro-party!seanc@nosc.mil | " I drank what? " INET: seanc@pro-party.cts.com | -Socrates | RealWorld: Sean Cunningham | Voice: (512) 994-1602 | | Call C.B.A.U.G. BBS (512) 883-8351 w/SkyPix | B^) VISION GRAPHICS B^) \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\