Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!udel!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!ls1i+ From: ls1i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Leonard John Schultz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Software and NeXT Message-ID: Date: 16 Oct 90 14:17:08 GMT References: <9010160113.AA09377@unicorn.cc.wwu.edu> <0b6Z=C200WBK83mlAX@andrew.cmu.edu>, <9329@milton.u.washington.edu> Organization: Class of '92, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 16 In-Reply-To: <9329@milton.u.washington.edu> On 16-Oct-90 in Re: Software and NeXT user Michael Cummings@milton. writes: >>Like I keep saying, there is no good argument (besides personal >>preference) against NeXT. And there are many arguments for it. > >How about PRICE? You can buy a new car for what the NeXT will run ya. :) How can anyone complain about the price of a NeXT if they had ever bought a mac. $5000 retail ($3179 here at CMU) is a VERY CHEAP price. For a 15 VAX MIPS machine. What kind of mac can you get at that price? What price would you have to pay for a mac with similar performance? Hell, you'd have troubles finding a used Hyundai for $3200. Or a used MacII for that matter.