#SGI and NewTek
Ok, folks. Saw the SGI show the other day. $4995 price point is a hoax. Every
SGI guy/gal I talked to recommended a minimum of 64megs as a realistic
animation and video start-point. That alone will set you back a cool $6000!
Hard drive is also extra, lots extra. Look for a basic ani/video machine
setting you back $12,000. BUT… that's half the price we were talking about 2
years ago with the Indigo! Things are gonna get interesting in '95-96!
Did anyone catch the really cool news from NewTek!? They unveiled a new box…
The Toaster Screamer. It is a 3D rendering engine for their Video Toaster and
Lightwave software. Get this:
* 4 parallel MIPS R4400 64bit 150MHZ RISC processors!!!!!!!!!
* Program memory expandable to 1 GIG
They are claiming 600+ MIPS performance from this ROCKET. Price point?
$10,000. WOW. Can you say BRUTE FORCE?
Dan