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Subject: Re: Not another NeXT defector???!!!
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darweesh@zephyrus.crd.ge.com
>Almost everyone at my high school has had an opportunity to use a Mac
>and that was 3 years ago!  I don't think too many of them have ever 
>heard of next.

Um...the NeXT wasn't around three years ago.  NeXT 1.0 only came out in 
1989 (announced in 1988).  But you're right, many more people will have
used Apple IIs and Macs than NeXTs before they go to college.  Hopefully
though they'll get a good dose of NeXT in college.  More and more universities
are now buying the machines in quantity.  

I think one area that NeXT has fallen short in is marketing.  Where are the
TV ads?  Where are the magazine ads nowadays?  The NeXT could do with more
exposure.  

But now that you know about the NeXT, check it out when you want to upgrade
from your Mac.