griffi-r@moon.cis.ohio-state.edu (robert m griffiths) (09/11/90)
I'm interested in purchasing a high-end macII: either a ci or an fx. The ci currently stretches the limits of my budget and the fx isn't really feasible at the current prices. So, my basic question is this: if I buy the ci, will Apple release a new computer within the next year or so that will drive the price of the fx into a more affordable region and make me regret that I went ahead and bought the ci? Obviously, I would rather have the fx if I could afford it. Does anyone have any insight that would help me make a decision? Thanks Bob Griffiths griffi-r@cis.ohio-state.edu
fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix) (09/12/90)
In article <83539@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, griffi-r@moon.cis.ohio-state.edu (robert m griffiths) writes: > I'm interested in purchasing a high-end macII: either a ci or an fx. The > ci currently stretches the limits of my budget and the fx isn't really feasible > at the current prices. That would seem to be a deciding factor...a slower machine that you can afford will be faster (for you) than any machine that you can't. > So, my basic question is this: if I buy the ci, will Apple release a new > computer within the next year or so that will drive the price of the fx into > a more affordable region and make me regret that I went ahead and bought the > ci? Obviously, I would rather have the fx if I could afford it. That is the nature of the business. On the other hand, expect to see c-class macs in the not-too-distant-future using the MC68040 at 16 or 25 or 33 MHz that will run faster than the fx does now. An upgrade for your ci would be less than the cost difference between the ci and fx now (if you wait a while, at worst), and you have a more convenient size of box on your desk. > Does anyone have any insight that would help me make a decision? Not so much insight as remembering having lived through equivalent cycles time after time in the past. -- ------------ The only drawback with morning is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day. ------------
das@Apple.COM (David Shayer) (09/12/90)
>> So, my basic question is this: if I buy the ci, will Apple release a new >> computer within the next year or so that will drive the price of the fx into >> a more affordable region and make me regret that I went ahead and bought the >> ci? Obviously, I would rather have the fx if I could afford it. Apple, IBM, Compaq, or any other computer company will always release a machine next year that is twice as fast and half the price of this year's machine. If you wait 20 years, you'll be able to buy a Cray for $100. Any machine you buy will be obsolete in 3 years. But at some point you have to say "this machine is good enough and cheap enough for me," and simply buy one. Disclaimer: I'm not talking about any specfic unannounced products, just noting industry trends in general. Its stupid I even have to say this, but after seeing someone fired for saying something equally harmless... David
gt7601b@prism.gatech.EDU (TSUNG,FU-LIN) (09/13/90)
In article <44733@apple.Apple.COM> das@Apple.COM (David Shayer) writes: > >year's machine. If you wait 20 years, you'll be able to buy a Cray for >$100. Where can I put my name on the waiting list. 8-) -- TSUNG,FU-LIN | I am going to stop wasting my time reading Georgia Institute of Technology | all the newsgroups and start working --- Atlanta Georgia, 30332 | beginning tomorrow.... Internet: gt7601b@prism.gatech.edu |
dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) (09/14/90)
In article <13600@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt7601b@prism.gatech.EDU (TSUNG,FU-LIN) writes: >In article <44733@apple.Apple.COM> das@Apple.COM (David Shayer) writes: >>year's machine. If you wait 20 years, you'll be able to buy a Cray for >>$100. > Where can I put my name on the waiting list. 8-) Better be sure you have a couple of extra bedrooms and $70K a year for the two Cray engineers who will come to live with you. After all, it wouldn't be a Cray if it could run for more than ten minutes without a hardware fault, now would it? :-) -- Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office Internet: s-dorner@uiuc.edu UUCP: uunet!uiucuxc!uiuc.edu!s-dorner
Chris.Gehlker@p12.f56.n114.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Gehlker) (09/14/90)
>fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix), replying to griffi-r@moon.cis.ohio-state.edu(robert m griffiths) writes: RG> So, my basic question is this: if I buy the ci, will Apple RG> release a new computer within the next year or so that will drive RG> the price of the fx into a more affordable region and make me RG> regret that I went ahead and bought the ci? SH> That is the nature of the business. On the other hand, expect to SH> see c-class macs in the not-too-distant-future using the MC68040 at SH> 16 or 25 or 33 MHz that will run faster than the fx does now. There is no mystery here, Steve. Apple will release a 33MHz '040 within 3 weeks of the time that I scrape together the money to upgrade my II. It doesn't matter whether it takes me a month or a year, Apple is just waiting till they get my money before they announce the next machine. -- Uucp: ...{gatech,ames,rutgers}!ncar!asuvax!stjhmc!56.12!Chris.Gehlker Internet: Chris.Gehlker@p12.f56.n114.z1.fidonet.org
stevenso@Apple.COM (David Stevenson) (09/15/90)
das@Apple.COM (David Shayer) writes: >year's machine. If you wait 20 years, you'll be able to buy a Cray for >$100. Not to mention that the monthly power bill will be several times that. And imagine the structural strengthening that will be required at your abode before installation!
fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix) (09/18/90)
In article <26593.26F0E372@stjhmc.fidonet.org>, Chris.Gehlker@p12.f56.n114.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Gehlker) writes: > >fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix), replying to > griffi-r@moon.cis.ohio-state.edu(robert > m griffiths) writes: > > RG> So, my basic question is this: if I buy the ci, will Apple > RG> release a new computer within the next year or so that will drive > RG> the price of the fx into a more affordable region and make me > RG> regret that I went ahead and bought the ci? > > SH> That is the nature of the business. On the other hand, expect to > SH> see c-class macs in the not-too-distant-future using the MC68040 at > SH> 16 or 25 or 33 MHz that will run faster than the fx does now. > > There is no mystery here, Steve. Apple will release a 33MHz '040 within 3 > weeks of the time that I scrape together the money to upgrade my II. It doesn't > matter whether it takes me a month or a year, Apple is just waiting till they get my > money before they announce the next machine. ^^^^ Careful what you call it! Anyone want to contribute to Chris's fund? Not only does he get his II upgraded, we get '040's that much sooner... -- ------------ The only drawback with morning is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day. ------------