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Subject: Re: Not another NeXT defector???!!!
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Date: 12 Nov 90 00:25:03 GMT
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Garance_Drosehn@mts.rpi.edu writes:
>If your bank account reads $2000, then you "will" compare the minimal Mac
>with a minimal NeXT.  And the minimal NeXT is guareeteed to lose.  If you
>don't have the money for the machine, you can't buy it.

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?  

Compare the NeXT to any Mac in its price range or higher.  The Mac is truly
guaranteed to lose.

By the way, for $3000, you can get a NeXT from some universities.  Perhaps 
save up for a couple of months and bring that $2000 computer budget up to
the NeXT range.