bradu@gnh-applesauce.cts.com (Bradley Unger) (09/29/90)
On the subject of the new macs, what are the hardware configurations
and advantages over the "old" Macs?
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ARPA: crash!pnet01!gnh-applesauce!bradu@nosc.milewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) (10/02/90)
In <4708@crash.cts.com> bradu@gnh-applesauce.cts.com (Bradley Unger) writes: >On the subject of the new macs, what are the hardware configurations >and advantages over the "old" Macs? Based on what I have read and heard (which may not be entirely accurate): The Mac Classic seems to be on a par with the SE (but without the expansion slot), but priced similarly to the Plus. Expect it to be slightly faster than the Plus, with hard disk options similar to the SE. The IIsi will have a 20-Mz 68030, giving it slightly more horsepower than the SE30 or IIcx. Some reports say it will have builtin color video, like the IIci. If so, the IIsi plus a color monitor will be by far the cheapest path to a color Mac. Like the IIci and IIfx, the IIsi will have "32-bit clean" code in ROM, which will allow you to get better performance out of virtual memory in System 7. Both machines will have builtin microphones, which will help pave the way for applications like speech recognition and voice mail. I have heard conflicting reports about configurations, but I think that Apple might make 2M RAM the base configuration to allow even low-end users to take advantage of System 7 when it finally becomes available.