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From: CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu (Christopher Tate)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Not another NeXT defector???!!!
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Date: 7 Nov 90 20:04:00 GMT
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(Okay, let's start a new direction for this thread....)

I've used a NeXT a fair bit as a non-programmer, and I've programmed the
Mac quite a bit.  That should suffice for placing me in the appropriate
"what are you familiar with" category.

Now, I haven't used one of the new NeXT machines.  However, the original
cube had one flaw which for me made it absolutely unusable:

The GUI was simply the most unresponsive I've ever used (and I've used
Macs, Suns, Iris's, DECWindows, Amigas, et alia).  I just couldn't take
clicking on something and waiting up to a couple of *seconds* for it to
respond!  Even Commodore-64 GEOS was quicker to respond to user actions!

I sincerely hope that they've fixed this on the new NeXT's.  Anyone know
for sure?  Even if the machine could chug out results like nobody's
business, if it couldn't keep up with ME, on MY time, then I'd go and
get a machine that *could* keep up, like a Mac.

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Christopher Tate                 |
                                 |   Sorry; it's classified.  I could tell
    cxt105@psuvm.psu.edu         |    you, but then I'd have to kill you.
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