barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett) (02/12/91)
jalkio@cc.helsinki.fi writes: >Sounds pretty strange. How can it be that 040 NeXT wins Sparcstation 1+ >on several benchmarks? I would find this VERY surprising. I have used both NeXT's and Sparcs. SPARCstations RIP. If the NeXT beat them on any benchmark, it must be a specialized benchmark indeed. >Quite a logic there, huh? Do you mean that it would be better if >NeXTStations came with less memory than 8 1MB simms so that when you >upgrade your memory, you don't have to throw those 1MB simms away? No, obviously. If NeXT ships machines with 8MB, then they should use fewer, larger chips. Dan //////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ | Dan Barrett, Department of Computer Science Johns Hopkins University | | INTERNET: barrett@cs.jhu.edu | | | COMPUSERVE: >internet:barrett@cs.jhu.edu | UUCP: barrett@jhunix.UUCP | \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////////////////////////////