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From: knrgroup@garnet.berkeley.edu (Raymond group)
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Subject: Re: Not another NeXT defector???!!!
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Date: 13 Nov 90 05:43:34 GMT
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ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:
>....Who are all these students who are in the enviable position of
>deciding whether to buy an overpriced Mac IIfx or an overpriced NeXT cube?

Where's the humongous smiley on this one???   An "overpriced" NeXT?  Who
was making comparisons with cubes with anyway?  We were discussing $3000-$3500
NeXTstations, which would beat the pants of ANY Mac in terms of punch per
dollar.  As for a full-blown NeXT CUBE, these would also compare more than
favorably with ANY Mac in terms of price/performance+features.  

So, why buy a Mac IIsi, Mac II, Mac IIci, Mac SE/30, et al, since you could
buy a NeXT for about the same price or MUCH cheaper in some cases. 


If you can only afford a Mac Classic.  Fine, go ahead.  When you're ready to
move up, the NeXT is waiting for you.

>[the Mac IIfx], which has been a sales disappointment to Apple, 
>is the standard by which NeXT's prices are judged.

No, it is NOT the standard by which NeXT prices are judged.  It IS, however,
the only Apple machine that can even pretend to match the NeXT for
performance and features.  As for pricing, the NeXT is a much much much
better bargain than any higher-end Mac actually priced low enough to be in its 
price range. 

Personally, the only Mac I would consider buying today is the Mac Classic.
If I could afford a Mac IIsi today, I would try to save the extra few bucks
for a NeXTstation.