Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!crdgw1!rpi!mts.rpi.edu!Garance_Drosehn From: Garance_Drosehn@mts.rpi.edu (Garance Drosehn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Not another NeXT defector???!!! Message-ID: Date: 12 Nov 90 03:12:49 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. Lines: 43 References:<1990Nov10.015237.3468@athena.mit.edu> <8Q^^8^%@rpi.edu> <1990Nov12.002503.20363@agate.berkeley.edu> Nntp-Posting-Host: gilead.its.rpi.edu In article <1990Nov12.002503.20363@agate.berkeley.edu> knrgroup@garnet.berkeley.edu (Raymond group) writes: > What's your point? The NeXT is not intended for people with only $2000 > to spend. Neither is the Cray, a VAX, an RS/6000, or a Mac IIcx. I > guess a computer company without some sort of machine for under $2000 > should get out of the business altogether? Well, I was replying to someone who was replying to a third person. That original person mentioned that they could get a Classic for $800 (or whatever it was). They couldn't afford a NeXT (maybe I'm assuming). The guy in the middle said "How can you compare a Classic to a NeXT", totally ignoring the question of what anyone could afford. My point is that for some of the people on this newsgroup, the NeXT can not be afforded. All the talk about how great it is is meaningless to someone who can not afford it. That is true no matter how many articles you post (which seems to be about half the articles in this thread, gee doesn't anyone miss you back in comp.sys.next?) No where in my post (that you are replying to) did I in any way imply that NeXT should or would go out of business because it didn't have a $2000 machine. I just said that if you can't afford it, then you can't afford it. Apparently this is too obvious a statement for you. > Compare the NeXT to any Mac in its price range or higher. The Mac is > truly guaranteed to lose. It hasn't lost in my comparisons, not yet at least. When it's my checkbook, it's my comparisons that count. Not yours. Do I get anything from your guarantee? Or is it just more advertising? On the other hand, at the very least I hope that NeXT keeps the pressure on. If they don't win when it comes time to upgrade the computer I currently own, I suspect that they'll at least put some more pressure on the prices of Macs. But I don't plan to upgrade my machine this month, or December, or even in spring '91. Whenever I'm ready (read: whenever I get the $$$ saved up), I'll be able to make the decision for my own circumstances. I'll take comments from comp.sys.next into consideration, but it's quite possible that I'll ignore NeXT ramblings in this newsgroup. Garance_Drosehn@mts.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy, NY. USA