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From: yoo@well.sf.ca.us (Young-Kyu Yoo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A3000UX competition
Message-ID: <22059@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 8 Dec 90 21:39:13 GMT
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I really want this thread to end. But when I see misinformation like the
following, I feel compelled to respond>

>The NeXT family uses the Scsi II interface, so, there are not that many
>drives out there

SCSI II is backward compatible with ole-fashioned SCSI with a $49 part from
NeXT. Think of moving from SCSI to SCSI II as moving from the 030 to the 040.
You get backward compatibility and more features and performance (SCSI II
can handle higher data transfer rates, although I don't know if NeXT takes
advantage of this feature).

>All in all, I think that the machine to compare to the Amiga 3000UX would
>be the NeXTstation with color, and that runs at $5574 (educ. disc.) for
>the 105, but the 3000 comes with a 200 HD...so tack on another $1000
>for 100 megs more hard drive space for the NeXTstation Color....

The Amiga 3000UX comes with a 100 MB drive, the 200 MB drive will cost you
extra, as on the NeXT.  True, the NeXT doesn't give you color in the 
base NeXTStation, but if your primary concern isn't color the NeXT gives
you power and features not found in the Amiga 3000ux for $3000-$3500.
The DSP, the 040 chip, the Megapixel display (the optional color display on
the Amiga 3000ux does not have Megapixel resolution) with a 17" screen,
the bundled software, NeXTStep, et al.  By the way, the educational prices
you mention only apply to your school.  Each school has its own educational
pricing for the NeXT, the differences arising from school markups, the volume
of machines ordered by the school from NeXT, etc.  You can get better deals
than the $3328 NeXTstation available from your school at another school.
There are also worse deals out there.