Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!linac!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!mp.cs.niu.edu!bennett From: bennett@mp.cs.niu.edu (Scott Bennett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: slab vs. cube and $$ Message-ID: <1990Nov28.191405.25218@mp.cs.niu.edu> Date: 28 Nov 90 19:14:05 GMT References: <1990Nov26.173441.184@nic.csu.net> <1990Nov28.043420.19772@ariel.unm.edu> Organization: Northern Illinois University Lines: 44 In article <1990Nov28.043420.19772@ariel.unm.edu> stone@hydra.unm.edu (Andrew Stone) writes: >In article mdixon@parc.xerox.com (Mike Dixon) writes: >... >>there's also the control circuitry for the OD (which was left out of >>the nextstation). (well, and twice as many SIMM slots, but they only >>cost board space.) >> >Friends don't let friends buy underpowered workstations. IF you buy a slab >with 8k, you'll be throwing those simms away when you realize it takes a >minimum of 12 to get any kind of performance whatsoever. Meanwhile, that 105 Whether they have 8MB, 12MB, or even more, they'll be throwing those SIMMs away and replacing them as soon as they can afford to when they discover NeXT has stuck them with nMBx8 SIMMs rather than nMBx9's. Jeesh. Nonparity memory was obsoleted in the 1950's. >meg drive is not even enough for ye olde common denominator software that we >all know and love. > >I advise newcomers to snatch the upgradeable, durable, optical-drivable 030 >cube; but I applaud NeXT for realizing that not all of its customers need >the kind of power that your normal nethead cyberjock does. > The expandability and upgradability are some of the main reasons I did what you suggest. However, NeXT has taken what would have made a great device for doing hard disk backups and made it into a white dinosaur (was: elephant, but not big enough;-) by changing the price per OD from ~$50 (very reasonable) to $99 (tolerable) to $149 (outrageous ripoff.) > andrew Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG Systems Programming Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Illinois 60115 ********************************************************************** * Internet: bennett@cs.niu.edu * * BITNET: A01SJB1@NIU * *++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++* * Visit the scenic Illinois Craters! Just 10 minutes * * from New Chicago! * **********************************************************************