Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!apple!agate!garnet.berkeley.edu!knrgroup From: knrgroup@garnet.berkeley.edu (Raymond group) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Not another NeXT defector???!!! Message-ID: <1990Nov8.225653.12109@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: 8 Nov 90 22:56:53 GMT References: <1990Nov8.175911.16932@agate.berkeley.edu> <1990Nov8.222332.9851@portia.Stanford.EDU> Sender: usenet@agate.berkeley.edu (USENET Administrator) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 22 mckenzie@portia.stanford.edu (David McKenzie) writes: >How many NeXT users have or will have refrigerator-size high-speed >6250bps magtape drives at home, for example? (Or even 8mm Exabytes >or HP plotters, for that matter) Actually, I know at least several people who have Exabytes hooked up to their NeXTs. I've heard of at least one who wanted to connect a HP plotter to his NeXT. Don't know about those magtape drives though. Of course, the average home user is not going to need or want such fancy or large media. However, with the NeXT, the option is there and relatively easy. >Administering a BSD Unix system is a complex pain in the &*$*! How many home users are going to administer a network of NeXTs? Or add peripherals beyond the amazing stuff that already comes with the NeXT or can be bought from NeXT and connected easily? System administration is trivial if you're a home user and maintain only one user account. Remember, the NeXT is not a Sun or any other Unix box. The NeXT is truly easy to use. However, the power of Unix is there if you want to get down and dirty and do the extra-powerful stuff.