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Subject: Portable NeXT?
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Date: 25 Sep 90 05:37:29 GMT
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One of the nicest things about the latest line of machines from NeXT
is that I can finally have the same machine at home as in the
office (say, get a nice slab for home, and a NeXTDimension cube
for the office) instead of the current duality (NeXT at home, for use,
Sparc in the office, for power).

All thats missing is a _portable NeXT_---then I could have one with
me at all times!

Did anyone mention the possibility of a NeXT portable? Now that
the architects are done with the cude, and slab, they need 
something to work on...I can see the specs now: built
in microwave transmitter, satellite dish,...

Hopefully, NeXT will be smarter than Apple and not wait 4 more
years to introduce a portable.

One contribution we can make: the name; whats the next term in
this sequence: Cube, Slab, ____


Chip?  Briquette?


Barry Merriman
UCLA Dept. of Math
UCLA Inst. for Fusion and Plasma Research
barry@math.ucla.edu (Internet)