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From: ngg@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM (Norman Goodger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Not another NeXT defector???!!!
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Date: 20 Nov 90 20:00:44 GMT
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In article <gbDOVgS00UhW41Onl=@andrew.cmu.edu> ls1i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Leonard John Schultz) writes:
>and there are no solid rumors of a Mac 040.  Where is the logic in
>comparing something that doesn't exist with something that is going in
>production next week?  From past experience, I would be surprised if we
>saw a Mac 040 within the next year.  By that time, NeXT may have 60 MHz
>NeXTstations on the market.  The fact is, NeXT is YEARS ahead of Apple
>in technology.  No one can deny this.
	
	You must be living in a sheltered zone somewhere? It is no
	big secret that Apple has had 040 Mac's in development ever
	since Motorola was able to produce sample chips. As far
	 as 60mhz systems, NExt doesn't create its own CPU's, they
	 can only do with the hardware provided, so if 60mhz chips
	 come available, everyone will have them, Apple included.

>Apple not only has CPU inferiority, but SCSI (5MB/s compared with
>2MB/s), DMA (IIfx DMA won't even be supported in 7.0), DSP, video,
>networking....  I could go on forever about hardware without mentioning
>the superior software on the NeXT.  (When will Apple have a standard
>dictionary, something everyone complains about
	
	Apple already has networking, DSP is overrated, While there
	are some other areas that Apple is lacking, the Next superiority
	is overrated. Standard dictionary, what a paltry thing to moan
	about just because Next provides one, big deal, its not like
	you don't have dictionary applications on the Mac, in fact because
	of the choices you can use one that better fits your needs instead
	of being locked into just "one"

>Furthermore, there is no System 7.0.  This has to be the most mismanaged
>project in recent history.  It was supposed to be introduced 1.5 years
>ago and won't be out for another year.  I don't like investing my money
>in a company that only makes promises and doesn't deliver.  Let's at
>least try to stick to reality.

	Yes, lets stick to "reality". Apple announced its intentions
	of System 7.0 a little over a year ago. It did not say that it
	would be delivered back 1.5 years as you seem to indicate. Betas
	of System 7.0 are out now and its looking very good. While it
	may not be coming as fast as some would like, you seem to forget
	how long you were waiting for Next OS releases eh, not to mention
	systems, for which one can still continue to wait for the new ones.

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