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From: geff@iastate.edu (Underwood Geoffrey Dale)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga vs NeXT
Keywords: Decisions, decisions!!!
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Date: 31 Oct 90 15:14:37 GMT
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In article <405@shrike.AUSTIN.LOCKHEED.COM> vervalin@AUSTIN.LOCKHEED.COM (Paul Vervalin) writes:
>
>I'm posting this for a friend of mine interested in buying a computer.  At
>first he was interested in a MacIIsi but, I convinced him that he would
>get more for his money by buying an A3000.  He agreed, but then a guy on 
>campus told him about the NeXTStation, and he asked me which he should buy.
>I know the following information:
>      A3000                     NeXTStation
>---------------------------------------------
>   25 MHz 68030                ? MHz 68040
				25 MHz
>   100 Mb Harddrive            105 Mb Harddrive
>   880K Floppy                 2.88K Floppy (I think)
				2.8M (twice the capacity of the so-called
				1.44M floppies found on IBMs, Macs, and
				some Suns)
>   5 Mb RAM                    8 Mb RAM
>   MultiTasking                ?
				4.3 BSD UNIX(tm) with a Mach kernel
>   ?                           Ethernet Built in
    ?				Networkable windowing system (NeXTStep)
>   Workbench and Misc S/W      Lots!! of Software (50-60 Mb)
>   Large S/W base              Small S/W base
    ?				Display PostScript
    color			gray
>   Cost: $3899 (edu. dis.)     Cost: $3340 (edu. dis.)
>
>This is all I know which IMHO makes them look pretty competitive.  Is there
>anything I can tell him to help him decide this "tie-breaker"?  I just ordered
>an A3000 which I'm certain was the right decision for me but, I need help
>convincing him.  Any help with this matter would be greatly appreciated.
>Thanks!
>                             vervalin@austin.lockheed.com

	A 68040 is several times faster than a 68030.  Interface Builder is
very impressive.  If I could buy a NeXT at the price you list, I would have
done so by now (at this University, it's Apple, IBM, IBM clones, and possibly
DEC).

		geff@iastate.edu