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From: UH2@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Sailer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: General feelings about NeXT. Would you buy another?
Message-ID: <90197.124553UH2@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 16 Jul 90 16:45:53 GMT
References: <865@airgun.wg.waii.com>
Organization: Penn State University
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Maybe I should have responded by email to this set of novice questions,
but what the hay (what does that mean, anyway?)...

In article <865@airgun.wg.waii.com>, lampshir@airgun.wg.waii.com (gregory b.
lampshire) says:
>
>Greetings,
>
>I do not regularly read this news group, but I have become curious
>about the NeXT machine.  I am thinking of buying one.
>
>Here's the question.  What do you experienced NeXT users think of the
>cube?  Does it perform well?  Is the software stable?  Would you buy
>

I've read a lot of differnt comp.sys groups over the years.  I rate
the overall satisfaction of people who post here to be quite high.
I take that to mean that on average people are pretty happy with their
NeXTs.  It is not a speed burner, but to most people it feels
reasonably quick, especially once several applications are launched
so that all you are doing is switching from one to another.
>
>(As an aside, has anyone ported TeX over to NeXT? Or does NeXT make
>TeX obsolete?)

TeX comes standard with every NeXT.  It has a very nice, well integrated
screen previewer, too.

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