kanefsky@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Steve Kanefsky) (02/20/90)
In article <11507@attctc.Dallas.TX.US> torch@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Jay Finger) writes: >I friend of mine, who works at one of a major oil corporation's research labs, >(I'm not naming names here), told me today that he approved a requisition for >a Mac IIxi. He's not exactly a computer type, so he didn't pay attention to >things like amount of RAM or the size of the hard drive (but there was a drive, >I'm guessing with an Apple nameplate). The price on the thing was $12,000. >That probably includes the company's standard 24% discount (off of list). > >How do I know that the 'x' wasn't a typo? A note scribbled on the bottom >of the requisition said "this machine won't be announced for another month >yet, so call back then to verify the price". > >Can anybody tell me what this machine might be (besides the obvious (vague) >guess that it's a faster IIci)? The IIxi has already been front-page news in MacWeek. It is essentially a beefed-up IIx, just as the IIci is a beefed-up IIcx. It will be a six-slot, 33 or 40 mhz 68030-based machine, and there should be an upgrade path from the IIx. In addition, other features rumored to be included in the IIxi include: o A processor direct slot, only slightly incompatable with that of the SE/30 o A direct memory access SCSI chip o A RAM cache slot and... o NO on-board video [followups to comp.sys.mac.hardware] -- Steve Kanefsky kanefsky@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu