From: an780@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Travis Grundke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: New LC: faster than 25MHz?
Date: 14 Dec 1992 01:21:28 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: an780@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Travis Grundke)
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In a previous article, ingemar@isy.liu.se (Ingemar Ragnemalm) says:

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>In comp.sys.mac.hardware you write:
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>>In a previous article, ingemar@isy.liu.se (Ingemar Ragnemalm) says:
>
>>>seanmcd@ac.dal.ca writes:
>>>
>>>>I read in the Mac the Knife column of MacWeek that the rumoured LCIII
>>>>(sorry travis) might be faster than the 25MHz that's been talked about
>>>>so far -- any ideas?
>>>
>> Oh well, everyone is wrong ONCE! :-) Actually, I still doubt Apple will
>>call it the LC III. Personally, I think it should be something else, but
>>then again, remember that a year ago MacWeek also said the Quadra 900 was
>>to be called "THe Macintosh IIex" (I LIKED the name IIex, why not introduce
>>a model called the IIex...Apple had also planned a IIvm, err...not as good)
>
>I also heard the terrific name "IIff" - forte fortissimo. That's one of
>the best we heard so far, IMHO.
>
 How about my personal favourite: "IIzi" (the "TWO-ZEE"...I can see people
laughing now)

>>How many home users expand to 68 megs of RAM?
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>Not many *today*... but how many needed 2 megs back in the days of the
>Plus, or, how many would ever think 4 megs would be such a limitation?
>
 I agree with you, but I doubt that even two years from now home users will
need 68 megs of RAM....that is of course granted that System 7.7 doesn't
require 8 megs of RAM to boot, 8 megs of RAM to run the Finder and 8 megs
of RAM for other goodies :-)
 Keep in mind MOST of Apple's machines right now are doing a two year
production run before being retired....RAM requirements have roughly
doubled since the time of the LC's introduction: 2megs which is now 4 as a
minumum...okay, I see wha you're getting at!
>>>I hope the LC III and Color Classic will be as fast as the rumors say, and
>>>especially that video access is fast. Lots of users will run games on them.
>>>
>> Personally I think the "Color Classic" project is a big waste of money and
>>time. I think the "Classic Design" is more or less dead. I do think its a
>>good design for cramped places, semi-portability, and a good all-in one
>>"Aplicance" setup...but a "Color Classic" should, if released, be sold for
>>$799-$899, completely unrealistic unfortunately.
>
>I'm not sure about that. I bet they have had a lot of fights at Apple about
>this, but they just might be able to make a color toaster rather cheap,
>simply because a small screen doesn't cost much. The question is if the
>buyers will care, with the LC III (or whatever) won't cost too much more with
>a bigger (14") screen. If it can use an external monitor, it can be a pretty
>good alternative for someone who plans to upgrade it later - like many people
>do with their SE/30's.
>
 This is where my big concern is...why buy a limited "Color Classic" when
for $300 or so more you can get a whiz-bang computer? Oh well- as my dad
used to say, "$300 to you may be a $1000 to other people." I have to agree
here. 

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>One of the best reasons Apple has to keep at least one "toaster" model
>is that that case is so well-known that it is part of the Mac's identity.
>It may not be a big seller by itself, but it will sell LC's! "Look, it's
>a Mac over there. Do they sell Macs here? Let's have a look..."
>
 Agreed- its as much of the Macintosh 'ethos' as big salaries are to Apple
executives!

>-- 
>Ingemar Ragnemalm
>Dept. of Electrical Engineering	     ...!uunet!mcvax!enea!rainier!ingemar
>                  ..
>University of Linkoping, Sweden	     ingemar@isy.liu.se
>
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