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From: yoo@well.sf.ca.us (Young-Kyu Yoo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Sorry Guys, There is NO WAY!
Keywords: AMIGA 3000 vs NEXT
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Date: 4 Dec 90 07:14:51 GMT
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kws1x@dale.acc.virginia.EDU (Kenneth W. Smith, Jr.):
>Yeah, but who wants to buy a NeXT with a 105 MB hard drive and have 80M
>of that taken up with the operating system?  :)

Good thing you put the smiley there.  The NeXT operating system takes 30-40
MB.  You get another 40 MB of free software, much of it commercial quality,
on the 105 MB disk.  If you buy the 340 MB hard disk version, you get nearly
200 MB of bundled software.  This software includes WriteNow, Mathematica,
Interface Builder (the BEST reason to buy a NeXT), TeX, multimedia Mail,
Digital Librarian, Webster, DataViz/Bridge, etc.   If you order a NeXT or
an 040 upgrade before the end of the year, you also get a free copy of
Lotus's Improv, an amazing spreadsheet (see October Byte).  

Now, how much free software (excluding the OS) comes on an Amiga hard disk?