Re: Mac user who needs Windows from time to time

Steve Hyman(steveh[at]practech.com)
Wed, 1 Jul 1998 09:01:34 -0400

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I must agree with the theory of buying a secondary machine instead of
VPC. I did a comparison of an 8500 with a PowerLogix 300/300 card, U/W
SCSI, and 200+mb RAM running VPC 2.0. Benchmarks indicate that it was
about one-third the speed of a Sony Vaio that retails for $1199. I even
tested with the Sony at a big disadvantage - it had the stock 32mb RAM.
For $1199 you'll have a PC to allow for true cross-platform work.
I just recently purchased a new Compaq 5000, PPro200, U/W SCSI 2.1gb HD,
32mb RAM, Matrox Millenium Video, NT Workstation, 10/100 Ethernet - all
for $899! I added a second PPro200 and 128mb RAM and now I have a really
nice machine for under $1,500.
Summary: Look for a good deal on a secondary machine.

Rob Simons
Toolbox Studios, Inc.
3346 Cadbury Dr.
San Antonio, TX 78247

210-490-6848

My comparison of the G3/300 versus the Pentium II 300 can be found at
www.toolbox.net/300vs300
www.toolbox.net
"That which does not kill us, only makes us stronger."

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Carmelo Manganaro [mailto:cmanganaro@ndirect.co.uk]
>Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 1998 4:36 AM
>Subject: Re: Mac user who needs Windows from time to time
>
>At 15:13 30/06/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>
>>
>>Of course, this means buying a brand new machine, but if your friend
>>still has a 6100, then it's about time anyway. You can get a new
>G3/266
>>for $1700 on the educational price list, a ViewSonic monitor (with the
>>mac adaptor) for about $350, and another 64mb (for a total of 96mb) of
>>RAM for about $130 from Techworks. Add a copy of VirtualPC for ~$150
>>and a two button mouse (for that real window feel) and you have a
>>machine that will run Windows95/98 (or NT or Linux or Solaris) and the
>>MacOS for around $2400.
>>Kyle
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>
>Yes, but the problem is that for $1000 you can buy a Windoze
>harware/software and connect the PC to the mac via Ethernet for file
>transfer....
>Carmelo
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>----------------------------------
>Carmelo Manganaro
>126 Garfield Road
>Wimbledon London SW19 8SB
>United Kingdom
>Tel./Fax: 0181-540 1052
>
>Where CAN'T you go today?
>According to Microsoft statistics,
>there are approximately 60 million
>Windows 95 users. Coincidentally,
>that just happens to be the number
>of Macintosh users. If 60 million
>Mac users are not a viable force,
>what is?
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