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From: woody@tybalt.caltech.edu (William Edward Woody)
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Subject: Re: Why is A/UX disk I/O only 50KB/sec?
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Date: Sat, 25-Jul-87 01:56:08 EDT
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In article <777@unccvax.UUCP> cbenda@unccvax.UUCP (carl m benda) writes:
... Deleted material comparing Mac II with VAX 11/750 with 5 people on it
>I find your comparisons of multi-user operating systems with non-multi
>user systems ill consieved.  If your going to compare one machine with
>another, it should be done under similar conditions.  There were five
>users logged on and God knows how many system jobs being performed.

Uh, shouldn't you really be addressing computing power per dollar?  I mean,
sure, you can blow a Mac II out of the water with an unloaded VAX 11/750,
but is a VAX 11/750 around here ever unloaded?  And for 1 VAX 11/750, how
many Mac II's can you buy?  No flames as to "That's not how we compare
computers" because That's How It Is Done In The Real World.  (Except for
government agencies who can buy millions of dollars of computers with
pocket change...  ;-)
- William Woody                          Mac! > ][n && /|\
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