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From: kmw@ardent.UUCP (Ken Wallich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Speed of Mac IIx
Message-ID: <599@ardent.UUCP>
Date: 21 Sep 88 19:34:50 GMT
References: <14550@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Reply-To: kmw@ardent.UUCP (Ken Wallich)
Organization: Ardent Computer
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In article <14550@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> 128a-3aj@e260-3b.berkeley.edu (Jonathan Dubman) writes:
>
>I saw the announcement of the Mac IIx in Bay Area Computer Currents.
>I saw mention of the 68030, the 68882, and the "SuperDrive", but I saw no
>mention of processor speed.  Does anyone know how fast this puppy runs?
>

Don't know the hardware specs, but according the the MacWeek article about it,
Apple is claiming that it will run a *whopping 15% faster* than an existing
MacII.  Gosh, I wonder if that means it will only take 17 seconds instead
of 20 seconds to boot!  WOW!

Actually, this is in line with estimates from some hardware-knowledgable
folks who have posted about the differences between an similar clock-speed
68020 and 68030.

I thought that putting the ROMS on a SIMM board was the cutest thing about
the new board.  Doubt that I'll be running out to swap motherboards any time
soon.

-- 
Ken Wallich 			 	
Ardent Computer Corp			uunet!ardent!kmw
Sunnyvale, California, USA		"Slimey? Mud hole? My HOME this is!"