davidc@umd5.umd.edu (David Conrad) (10/27/88)
The following is a table I copied (without permission) from a handout by
International Data Corporation, An International Data Group Company at
the NeXT booth at Educom '88. I personally have never heard of IDC nor
know for sure what they do. I provide this for conversational purposes
only, I don't necessarily agree with some of the things listed below.
Note, most special characters are footnotes, not editorial comments :-).
Apple Apple NeXT, Inc Sun Sun
Feature Mac II Mac IIx NeXT 386i/250 Sun-3/60
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CPU Type 16Mhz 68020 16Mhz 68030 25Mhz 68030 25Mhz 80386 20Mhz 68020
Floating Point 16Mhz 68881 16Mhz 68882 25Mhz 68882 25Mhz 80387 20Mhz 68881
Dig. Signal Proc. None None 25Mhz 56001 None None
Main Memory (MB) 4-8 4-8 8-16 8-16 4-24
Disk Storage (MB) 40-1000 80-1000 256-1300 91-981 71-1300
Type of Disk Magnetic Magnetic Mag/Opt Magnetic Magnetic
Floppy Disk 800KB 3.5 1.44MB None Avail 3.5 1.44MB IPC (opt)!
Tape Storage (MB) 40 (opt) 40 (opt) None@ 60 60 (opt)
Expansion Bus NuBus NuBus NuBus AT Compat VMEbus
No. & type of slots 6 32-bit 6 32-bit 3 32-bit 3 16, 1 8 2 32 bit
Operating system MacOS# MacOS# Mach SunOS SunOS
Imaging Model QuickDraw QuickDraw Disp Post Postscript% Postscript%
No. Apps Supported 2500 2500 7 250+ 1750+
Integer perf.~ 2.0 MIPS 2.3 MIPS 5.0 MIPS 5.0+ MIPS 3.0 MIPS
First shipments 4/87 10/88 2Q/89^ 7/88 10/87
Pricing&
12" mono $9493* 12,699* N/A N/A N/A
17" mono N/A N/A 6,500 N/A N/A
19" mono N/A N/A N/A 15990 17900
Est. Univ. Cost` 5696 7619 6500 9594 10740
Notes:
! IPC is Sun's IBM PC AT-compatible coprocessor with optional floppy
subsystem.
@ Tape-like storage is offered by NeXT on the 256MB removable optical disk.
although that is not cartridge tape drive in the traditional sense.
# Apple offers A/UX (Unix) on Mac II systems; pricing is somewhat different
~ Vendor claims or estimated by IDC.
% Sun did not license Postscript from Adobe Systems; their imaging model
is Postscript-compatible.
^ Available to key university customers and developers 4Q/88.
& Pricing is for diskfull configurations with minimum amount of disk
storage (see above) and 8MB memory. All specs listed in table are
considered standard for the price indicated, unless otherwise noted
as an option. Education discounts range from 30-50% for both Apple
and Sun; NeXT is unlikely to discount more than 15%.
* Apple pricing reflects an additional $2399 for the 4MB Mac II memory
expansion kit, to total 8MB memory.
` Estimated cost to universities assuming above configurations and 40%
across-the-board discounts from Apple and Sun.
I have no affiliation with IDC (whoever they are) or NeXT (though you
wouldn't have to twist my arm to make me take one of their machines).
-drc
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David R. Conrad The University of Maryland arpa: davidc@umd5.umd.edu
(301) 454-2946 PC/IP Group IBM@UOM bitnet: conradd@umdd.bitnetschanck@perch.cis.ohio-state.edu (Christopher Schanck) (10/27/88)
In article <4181@umd5.umd.edu> davidc@umd5.umd.edu (David Conrad) writes: > Apple Apple NeXT, Inc Sun Sun >Feature Mac II Mac IIx NeXT 386i/250 Sun-3/60 >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Est. Univ. Cost` 5696 7619 6500 9594 10740 ^^^^ Will someone please tell me where I can get a 386i at an educational rate? I've not heard of such a thing! >Notes: > as an option. Education discounts range from 30-50% for both Apple > and Sun; NeXT is unlikely to discount more than 15%. >` Estimated cost to universities assuming above configurations and 40% > across-the-board discounts from Apple and Sun. !!!!!!!!!!!!! >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >David R. Conrad The University of Maryland arpa: davidc@umd5.umd.edu >(301) 454-2946 PC/IP Group IBM@UOM bitnet: conradd@umdd.bitnet Chris -=- "There is really no point in a .signature, is there?" "I mean, all the good ones have been done, right?" --- Christopher Schanck, mammal at large. schanck@flounder.cis.ohio-state.edu