wallwey@snoopy.Colorado.EDU (WALLWEY DEAN WILLIAM) (07/26/90)
In article <3644@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> petey@umbc5.umbc.edu.UUCP writes: > >>The single processor is rated at 26.5 MIPS (not 26). > > >486's run at 26.5 mips??? Really??? I thought the fastest was around >12 or 13. How fast do they have those 486's going now? >And what are some of the price tags on these speed demons??? >Also, how could one of these running SCO or Xenix stand up to the Next? > > >Dying of curiosity, > > Petey I doubt the 26.5 mips is really that high(unless its running at something like 40Mhz--but I don't know). Anyways I have seen in the Byte Magazine UNIX benchmarks that a 33 MHz 386 Everex PC is supposed to be considerably faster than the current NeXT machine. (Something to the tune of the NeXT being only 60% as fast the Everex...but this may be wrong.) One thing I have heard is that the next NeXT (no pun intened) is supposed to use the 68040 and is supposed to be a SCREAMER!! (and is reported as having super color!) Dean Wallwey ****************************************************************************** *-Dean Wallwey wallwey@snoopy.colorado.edu or wallwey@128.138.238.103 * *"If people drove cars like they run computers, 5% of the driving population * *would die every business day in automobile accidents!" * * #define DISCLAIMER \ * * The above comments are my own and not necessarly that of my employer or\ * * school. grammer, spelling errors, real heavy flames > NULL * ******************************************************************************