Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!hubcap!ddyer From: ddyer@hubcap.clemson.edu (Doug) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: NeXT Intro (Was ) Message-ID: <10967@hubcap.clemson.edu> Date: 15 Oct 90 19:29:28 GMT References: <1990Oct14.215059.12461@csmil.umich.edu> <38267@ut-emx.uucp> <4d69e60f.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM> Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC Lines: 30 rehrauer@apollo.HP.COM (Steve Rehrauer) writes: >>Yes, friends, a $3000 option. And guess what? You can't upgrade a >>NeXTstation to a NeXTstation Color... > I observe that [a] the Mac managed to do quite well for years without >color (with an icky 9" screen, too), and [b] for a lot of applications, a >decent resolution grey-scale is good enough. Besides, "They" said you >couldn't put a hard-drive in the original Macs; who's to say that if the >NeXTstation is a big-hit, that some enterprising 3rd party won't come up >with a way to retrofit color onto the basic slabs.. And by then, what will the 3000 have stuck in it? If you're gonna gamble, gamble both ways. With a bus for all kinds of extras, and a color monitor from square one... Out of curiosity, what are the ties between Jobs and Apple (ie. for one, he had to use the black hole, had to include a 100mg HD). Is NeXT allowed to mass market? I heard somewhere that they could'nt until some date. Of course, I'm usually wrong anyway :-) Bye, Doug -- ---------------------------------//------------------------------------- Doug Dyer Clemson University // Check Is In The Mail (HeeHeeHaaHaa) ddyer@hubcap.clemson.edu \\ // AMIGA3000 -----------------------------\X/----------------------------------------