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From: jalkio@cc.helsinki.fi
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Why it is not power without price anymore?
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Date: 1 Nov 90 11:35:44 GMT
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In article <90303.205457ST00482@auvm.auvm.edu>, ST00482@auvm.auvm.edu writes:
> There are a couple reasons why I would not buy a NeXT.  First is that
> it really is not a computer that I would enjoy using at home.  I work
> with UNIX all day and the last thing I want to do when I get home is
> to see the same thing.

Hmmph! Haven't heard of NeXTStep? It is generally accepted that NeXT has
the most user-friendly user interface in the whole business. If you only
use applications, you don't usually have to use Unix (with cryptic shell
commands) at all! And if you want to program, the NeXT is much more
convenient than the ST is. 

> There are also serious games for the ST and the Amiga
> that just will never happen on the next.  I know that some people will scoff
> at this, but blowing away 50 buzillion aliens is a good way to blow off steam.

Well, SERIOUS games... There are much more games for the ST, but I think
there will be some very good games for the NeXT.

> I tend to see the NeXT as more of a work computer than a fun computer. If I
> want to do some serious number crunching, I'll do it at work.  If I want to
> have some fun, I want that option.  Plus, UNIX can be a real headache.  Just
> get a corrupted / partition and you know what I mean.

Objective programming can be like playing good adventure games.

> 
> dan.

Remember, NeXT is no old-fashioned Unix-computer. The power of Unix just
happens to be available (if wanted) all the time. I admit that if you
want to play games (and that only) the ST is much better choice. But if
you want to program...

            Jouni