Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!batcomputer!rogerj From: rogerj@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Roger Jagoda) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: NeXT Review;Quite a machine, but not a Mac Message-ID: <9942@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Date: 21 Mar 90 00:56:23 GMT References: <404@toaster.SFSU.EDU> Reply-To: rogerj@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Roger Jagoda) Followup-To: FQOJ@CORNELLA.CIT.CORNELL.EDU Organization: Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY Lines: 37 In article melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: > >So, when do the circumstances warrant buying a Next? After reading >your article you have me convinced that the Mac is definitely the way >to go. A 40Mhz Mac IIfx sans graphics coprocessor is looking pretty (stuff here) I just saw a complete demo of the newest MAC IIfx yesterday. Mighty impressive! There's a tool available there (bundled free with A/UX) called "COMMANDO". You open a "shell" window and begin to type a standard unix "grep" command. Sometime during the string of fancy flags, you forget the flag you need. You hit Cmnd-K and a window pops up with ALL of grep's flag for you. You click the ones you need. Not only can you now save this "command macro" for use later, but you never have to pull up a man page (and wait until the bottom of the page to see the feature you need) to remember commands. You could also bag unix altogether and use the MAC interface with ANY of HUNDREDS of MAC software tools all in nicely DMA'd and virtualized A/UX with BSD extensions. OK, it's not DPS, but you can get your work done without having to wait for third party people to follow your lead into the next century (as only you view it Steve...). It was really nice! They also distrubute A/UX on CD-ROM (read-only, Steve wins there) but, get this, they forgot X11 on the distribution CD...also their CD ROM drive is NOT cheap! So Steve has some points still and he did force the lowest denom. But, uh, HEY NEXT! The market ain't standing still! Better get your act in gear with a little more compatibility and some better (read faster cheaper) technology! Thank you again for your support! --Roger Jagoda --Cornell University --FQOJ@CORNELLA.CIT.CORNELL.EDU