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Subject: Re: Not another NeXT defector???!!!
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Date: 10 Nov 90 00:34:38 GMT
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gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes:
>I have no idea what you're ranting about.  You said that 8 MB on a NeXT
>is functionally equivalent to 8 MB on a Mac.  That is not true.

Actually, my point was that 8 MB on a NeXT would be more than functionally
equivalent to 8 MB on a Mac!  The overhead on a NeXT is not there just to
take up space; it actually does things that the Mac doesn't do.  It gives
you Display PostScript, it gives you Unix with multitasking, virtual memory,
and protected memory.  You could put 64 MB on a Mac and you still wouldn't
be able to do all of this.  

A fairer argument on your part would be to point out that NeXT applications
are generally larger than Mac applications and need more space to run
efficiently.  However, you did not mention this point.  

I wrote:
>>...if you would care to use and/or program on a NeXT for a while, 
>>you will see what all my words are attempting to describe.

>Hey, if you're willing to give one away, I'm game. :->

Seriously though, doesn't the U. of C have some NeXTs by now?  If not, get
on their case to order some.  Don Crabb seems to be a fan of the NeXT, and
I don't think he would mind having a few for his division.

>...given the volume of your postings, I think you're taking this all too
>seriously

Being sick for the last couple of days, I've had a LOT of free time on my
hands.  At any rate, I love to talk/write about the NeXT.  After all, the
NeXT is the source of my livelihood and it is a wonderful machine. 

At any rate, why don't we agree to disagree.  If two U. of C. people 
devote all of their energies to flaming each other, how can they take on
the rest of the infidels :-) :-).  

The Few. The Proud.  The Maroons.