richard@gryphon.UUCP (01/01/70)
In article <2239@emory.uucp> phssra@emory.UUCP (Scott R. Anderson) writes: >In article <46807@seismo.CSS.GOV> dsc@izimbra.CSS.GOV (David S. Comay) writes: >> >> 1. i want to run affordable software in a windowing >> environment. there are few programs in that class available on >> the sun or for that matter, the apollo. there are quite a few >> programs including pagemaker, more, ready set go, etc that are >> extremely useful and resonably affordable (at least compared to >> the per cpu charges for things like interleaf) available today >> on the macintosh ii. > >This is certainly true, but that will hopefully change as more >programs are developed with interfaces for UNIX-based window systems >such as X and NeWS (e.g. TeX). The distinction between big 'personal computers' and small workstations is starting to blurr. Interleaf for the mac costs $2495, there are a number of "messing with text" programs around that price for (at least) the Apollo. >The type of software one wishes to run is definitely an important factor. >For more traditional programming, though, you have to keep in mind that >UNIX boxes like Sun workstations come with a lot of standard software, >such as editors, compilers, and debuggers. Buying these for the Mac >adds up very quickly. Plus things like distributed filesystems and multitasking. >> >> 3. the macintosh ii is expandable while the sun 3/50 is not. >> if you want to compare hardware and their costs, a comparision >> between a sun 3/160 and a macintosh ii would be more useful. > >This depends on whether you need to expand it or not. Many people will >be satisfied with ethernet, disk and tape drive as the only peripherals. True. The Apollo though, is both cheap and expandable (AT slots). > >* Scott Anderson > * ** gatech!emoryu1!phssra > * * * ** phssra@emoryu2.{bitnet,csnet} > * * * * * ** > * * * * * * * * (pfffft) -- Richard J. Sexton INTERNET: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM UUCP: {hplabs!hp-sdd, sdcsvax, ihnp4, nosc}!crash!gryphon!richard "It's too dark to put the key in my ignition..."