Re: Mac is the AS/400 of Desktop Computing per Dvorak

From: Leif Svalgaard <leif@leif.org>
> From: Evan Harris <spanner@ihug.co.nz>
> > Just how would a mac outperform a 270 in 5250 performance ?
>
> the point is that Apple can supply essentially the same hardware
> for $7K.
>
So could IBM, (actually $11K, but close enough).
By a combination of changing jumpers and software
governors, IBM produces several models of the 270
as per the following table. Most of the price differential
is CFINT tax:

270 22A2    12,100    1    150    25
270 22A4    13,300    1    370    0
270 22A5    32,800    1    370    30
270 22A7    25,300    1    950    0
270 22A8    81,600    1    950    50
270 22AA    48,300    2    2000   0
270 22AB   160,800    2    2000   70
270 2422     11,300    1    50     0
270 2423     15,300    1    100    0
270 2424     22,300    2    200    0
270 23E7    32,300    1    465    30
270 23F0    15,500    1    1070   0
270 23F1    71,800    1    1070   50
270 23F4    31,800    2    2350   0
270 23F5   144,300    2    2350   70
270 2452     13,800    1    100    0
270 2454     24,800    2    240    0
model feature price processors batch CPW interactive CPW.