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Subject: Re: Not another NeXT defector???!!!
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Date: 10 Nov 90 02:23:06 GMT
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I wrote:
>>...this still leaves 4 MB free on a minimally configured NeXT as opposed
>>to a 1 MB for a Mac...

josh@athena.mit.edu (Josh Hartmann) writes:
>All right, fine.  But how much does the minimally configured NeXT cost.
>I dunno, but I can pick up a MacClassic for $750.

It may not be clear from my quote, but the Mac we were discussing was a 
Mac IIfx.  I was arguing that a Mac IIfx gussied up to the tune of $12,000
was not as good a deal as a NeXTstation for $5000.

As for a Mac IIsi or Mac IIci, hard disk, laser printer, and >4 MB of RAM,
I don't know the cost of such a package, but bear in mind that you can get
a NeXT for $3000-$3500 with an educational discount.  Toss in a laser
printer for $1200-$1300 (with educational discount) and you have a machine
with a 400 dpi postscript laser printer, 105 MB hard disk (with 30 to 60
MB free), lots of bundled software, 8 MB RAM, Unix and true multitasking,
built-in Ethernet, a Digital Signal Process (for compact disc quality 
sound), etc.  Thus, for as little as $4200-$4300, you can get a machine
that is arguably more powerful than a $12,000 Mac IIfx!