Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!jpd00964 From: jpd00964@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: NeXT rumors Message-ID: <246300051@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 27 Aug 89 02:21:00 GMT Lines: 16 Nf-ID: #R:Has anyone *ever* paid to have their NeXT system software updated? has anyone received a working non-beta system sotware package yet to have to pay to upgrade? More to the point. When NeXT introduces a 50mHz 68040 board, how much will it cost to upgrade. Most likely, it won't be a swap, since the mother board can handle up to four logic boards, but what if someone does want to swap. Will NeXT handle it gracefully, or are they planning on doing the old Apple BS of a new machine every 6 months to a year and telling us our old machines are worthless and we must shell out between $1000 and $4000 to upgrade per machine per time. Michael Rutman Softmed