Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!ub!uhura.cc.rochester.edu!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!ls1i+ From: ls1i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Leonard John Schultz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Not another NeXT defector???!!! Message-ID: Date: 11 Nov 90 19:56:10 GMT References: <1990Nov9.195958.15383@midway.uchicago.edu> <1990Nov9.224209.18758@agate.berkeley.edu>, <1990Nov10.015237.3468@athena.mit.edu> Organization: Class of '92, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 22 In-Reply-To: <1990Nov10.015237.3468@athena.mit.edu> On 10-Nov-90 in Re: Not another NeXT defect.. user Josh Hartmann@athena.mit writes: > >All right, fine. But how much does the minimally configured NeXT cost? > >I dunno, but I can pick up a MacClassic for $750. > >Furthermore, if I have that much money to spend on a NeXT, I'll pick up a IIsi >or a IIci, have TrueType (which will *kindof* be like Display PS) and yes, I'll > make sure I have well over 4 MB free after loading System 7. And I'll have my >laser printer and my hard disk. > Oh, Oh, how can you say this and be serious? You are saying a computer is a computer is a computer. I dunno, but I can pick up an IBM compatable $250. You CANNOT compare minimal Macs and NeXTs when the minimal NeXT is far better than the maximal Mac. Do you understand this point?