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From: boris@world.std.com (Boris Levitin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: The *Real* reason I can't buy a NeXT
Message-ID: <1990Nov18.101641.7459@world.std.com>
Date: 18 Nov 90 10:16:41 GMT
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jtgorman@cs.arizona.edu (J. Taggart Gorman) writes:

>  As the subject heading suggests, the *real* reason that I can't buy a
>NeXT is not the price, nor my fear of new things (I'm no technophobe), but
>the real reason I can't buy is a NeXT is because - that monitor is just to
>darn big!!!!!
>  I barely have room (height-wise) for a Plus with a HD underneath on my
>desk!  There's no way that thing would fit on my little desk!

This is preposterous: a NeXT is a lot more important than any other stuff you
might have on your desk :) More seriously, the NeXT does not have to be hard
to park.  Hang the monitor ABOVE the desk on one of these arms that are mounted
to the side of your desk or on the wall, and stick the system box vertically
on the floor next to your desk (if it's a NeXTstation; a NeXTcube could be
placed on a windowsill if floorspace is limited).

If you could buy a Rolls for the price of an Accord, and the Rolls had better
mileage, would you also refuse that opportunity because the Rolls was too
large?